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As a fan, I don't want to see full electrification. Certainly not in the short term. Auto racing is facing a culture clash/identity crisis enough right now. Not to mention that no mainstream auto maker (aside from Tesla, which has Elon Musk's billions and more money in Gov't subsidies/tax breaks behind it) even sells a fully electric car yet, certainly not in North America.
Audi probably sold more diesels in NA than they ever sold hybrids, even though they've been pushing hybrids more since dieselgate.
And the thing with today's culture, you don't really need motor racing anymore to sell cars. Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday is basically dead. Audi may've started to get to where they are now with sales and such with touring cars and LM, but by 2008, they didn't really need racing to market their stuff anymore. Same goes for basically everyone else. Just do stuff with product placement that makes your stuff look cool.
Which IMO sucks, but us auto racing fans are a minority among the car buying public.
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