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Originally Posted by Acid09
First off, I think it's pretty clear that Porsche is gone. This follows the script of many factory pullouts we've seen over the years: Persistent rumors in the media, a team principal who says he doesn't know anything and the team keeps working as normal and when the announcement comes, people already sort of knew it was coming, so it's not a big shock anymore.
That's how Audi pulled out, how Toyota & BMW pulled out of F1 etc, it's a proven technique to handle this. Peugeot's exit was an exception because that one was really rushed and unexpected due to the economic pressure within the company.
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Were there persisten rumors? 2009 is soon 10 years ago but I have an image that Toyota and BMW pullouts came more out of the blue and both cases were also partly due worldwide economic situation, as was Honda's pullout one year earlier.
Seidl's comments also aren't like Audi's a year or two ago. He hasn't made the usual denial like Audi did, he has clearly said a decision is going to be made and then he will know more.