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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
It's not really putting fingers in your ears though. It's more a case of beating the dead horse. I'm not saying it won't happen, but we've had a decade of these rumours and there's no reason to suggest it'll happen now.
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Most of the previous occasions I've shrugged off, but this time the timing just seems to make more sense.
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If VAG were considering entering, then Red Bull would've dropped Renault at a heartbeat.
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They just did that couple of weeks ago.
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Also got to consider what there is to gain for VAG. They'll enter what points to a very abusive relationship with Red Bull and be given no credit should they be successful, but shoulder all the blame should they not be. The risk is high, as it appears as F1 PUs are quite fiddly for whatever reason (with 50% of the engine builders struggling)
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The main scenario in the rumor(s) is buying majority stake of the team, so there's no anymore Red Bull Racing in the current form if that happens, and Red Bull only becomes a sponsor. If anything Renault and to a lesser extent Honda has now proven that only engine supplying is the wrong way to do it.
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and best case scenario is they win under somebody elses branding, rather than their own.
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And for the past 15 years they've been turning down left and right LMP1 title sponsorship offers from the the top 10 brands list?