{"id":15816,"date":"2022-02-19T03:29:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T08:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15816"},"modified":"2022-02-19T03:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T08:29:55","slug":"ex-bmw-motorsport-boss-formula-1-return-not-an-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15816","title":{"rendered":"Ex-BMW Motorsport Boss Says Formula 1 Return Is Not An “Issue”"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the year, BMW Motorsport boss Mike Krack announced he would be leaving the company to join Aston Martin<\/a> and lead its Formula 1 program. Andreas Roos took over the racing side of BMW M GmbH on February 1 after working for Audi Sport. The former man in charge of BMW\u2019s motorsport branch spoke with Auto Bild<\/em> at the 24 Hours of Daytona.<\/p>\n

In an interview published this week<\/a>, Mike Krack was asked by the German journalists whether BMW will return to Formula 1 one day. The context was FIA\u2019s decision to change engine rules from 2026, which could prompt Audi and Porsche to join F1. However, a similar move is apparently not on BMW\u2019s agenda for the time being:<\/p>\n

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\u201cBMW always looks at what\u2019s happening in Formula 1 right now. But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s an issue at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No F1, But Le Mans Is Happening<\/h3>\n

That said, 2026 is still a long way to go and anything could happen until then. Should BMW want to rejoin Formula 1, a decision will obviously have to be made much sooner. As a refresher, the collaboration with Sauber lasted between 2006 and 2009, following a previous tie-up with Williams (2000 \u2013 2005).<\/p>\n

Speaking of the BMW Sauber era, Mike Krack was chief engineer and worked with a young Sebastian Vettel back then. He eventually left but returned in 2010 to occupy the equivalent position in the DTM department. The 49-year-old engineer parted ways with BMW a few years later but returned in 2014 to oversee several racing programs.<\/p>\n

In a separate interview with Motorsport.com<\/em>, Mike Krack admitted there is a possibility BMW\u2019s new LMDh prototype will compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2024<\/a>. The timing would be perfect since it would mark 25 years since the V12 LMR\u2019s success on Circuit de la Sarthe.<\/p>\n

As to why he decided to leave BMW, Mike Krack had nothing but kind words to say about his former employer:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt had nothing to do with the offer, but with the opportunity. I had a very nice time at BMW, especially the last few years when I had more responsibility. It was simply an opportunity now. If it hadn\u2019t come, I would also be very happy where I was. It wasn\u2019t that I ran away. But this was an opportunity like you only get once in a lifetime. And after having done Formula 1 for a couple of years before, it appealed to me again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Source: Auto Bild]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the year, BMW Motorsport boss Mike Krack announced he would be leaving the company to join Aston Martin and lead its Formula 1 program. Andreas Roos took over the racing side of BMW M GmbH on February 1 after working for Audi Sport. The former man in charge of BMW\u2019s motorsport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":15817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}