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Porsche discouraged by F1′s lack of road relevance
Porsche opted to return to top-flight sportscar racing rather than entering Formula 1 due to the latter's lack of relevance to road cars, according to Porsche's head of R&D Wolfgang Hatz.
The German company will enter the LMP1 championship in 2014′s World Endurance Championship.
'We are a sports car company,' Hatz told Autocar at the Shanghai motor show.
'Porsche has always lived for the transfer of racing to production cars'.
'For that reason it was clear two or three years ago that we had to be back in high-level motorsport, and it was a choice between top-flight sports cars or Formula 1.'
'But the final decision was the only logical one. F1 was an alternative, but the road...
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