Formula 1 remains “interesting” to Porsche, the Volkswagen-owned German carmaker’s sports boss Thomas Laudenbach insists. “The fact that the cooperation with Red Bull didn’t work out doesn’t mean Formula 1 isn’t interesting to Porsche anymore,” Laudenbach told f1-insider.com. Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, said as recently as late October that Porsche is “still in discussions with Formula 1 teams”. “If that’s not the case, it’s better to not do it at all. “That is why we have just extended our contract for the Porsche Supercup as a one-make series in the context of Formula 1 for eight more years,” he added.

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