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Bernie Ecclestone believes German car manufacturer BMW could be inspired by Honda's 2015 comeback to F1. BMW rejected the claim.
One year after Honda pulled out in late 2008, BMW followed suit.
Honda announced last Thursday it will return in 2015, after a six-year absence from the sport, to supply works V6 engines to McLaren.
Off the back of Honda's return, F1 chief executive Ecclestone told City A.M. newspaper he would be "surprised" if BMW didn't follow suit again.
But the Munich carmaker's motor sport boss Jens Marquardt said on Monday: "We are pleased with our current programme."
At present, the cream of BMW's motor racing programme is its new foray in the German touring car series DTM.
"We have no intention of looking into other areas," Marquardt told German website motorsport-total.com.
"We withdrew from formula one deliberately. We are focused on what our customers really recognise as BMW, and we have no reason to change."
Bernie Ecclestone believes German car manufacturer BMW could be inspired by Honda's 2015 comeback to F1. BMW rejected the claim.
One year after Honda pulled out in late 2008, BMW followed suit.
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| BMW pulled out of F1 at the end of 2009 (Photo: BMW Motorsport) |
Honda announced last Thursday it will return in 2015, after a six-year absence from the sport, to supply works V6 engines to McLaren.
Off the back of Honda's return, F1 chief executive Ecclestone told City A.M. newspaper he would be "surprised" if BMW didn't follow suit again.
But the Munich carmaker's motor sport boss Jens Marquardt said on Monday: "We are pleased with our current programme."
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| BMW won the 2012 DTM championship (Photo: DTM.com) |
At present, the cream of BMW's motor racing programme is its new foray in the German touring car series DTM.
"We have no intention of looking into other areas," Marquardt told German website motorsport-total.com.
"We withdrew from formula one deliberately. We are focused on what our customers really recognise as BMW, and we have no reason to change."