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BMW not interested in F1 return

Jun.1 BMW is not interested in joining fellow German carmakers Mercedes and Audi on the Formula 1 grid. Last year, having last contested the top Le Mans class in 1999, BMW returned to the world endurance championship in the premier Hypercar category. In 2025, former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen occupies one of the cockpits. However, BMW's motorsport boss Frank van Meel now insists: 'We're not ignoring (F1). We're just not participating. 'That is on purpose,' he said at the vintage car event Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. 'For us, the WEC was the place to go.' BMW pulled out of Formula 1 at the end of 2009, having owned and collaborated with the Sauber team – which is now owned by...
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