Porsche reveal F1 intention after Red Bull saga

Porsche motorsport vice president Thomas Laudenbach has ruled out the German manufacturer returning to F1, following the company's recent saga with Red Bull. 

Two years ago, Porsche held conversations with Red Bull about forming a partnership with the outfit for the 2026 introduction of the new power unit regulations. 

The partnership would have seen Porsche become a 50 percent owner of the team and produce powertrains for the Milton Keynes-based outfit to use.

Ultimately, the deal broke down with Red Bull now set to produce its own power units for the new regulations in a technical partnership with Ford.

Following the end of its discussions with Red Bull, Porsche continues to have no further interest in returning to F1 for the first time since 1991, and is instead focusing on its other motorsport programmes.

“It is off the table: right now F1 is not a task for us and we are not spending any energy on that," Laudenbach explained, as reported by Autosport.

“We are only focused on what we do right now, and if you look at it, we have many different activities: we are well-occupied and extremely happy with what we do.”

Porsche motorsport activities

Porsche is involved in almost every major racing category, with the German manufacturer being involved in IMSA, WEC and several other GT categories.

The outfit has also started to turn towards electrification and has a leading factory team in Formula E. That team recently won the drivers' championship, courtesy of former F1 driver Pascal Wehrlein. 

Last season, it was Porsche's customer team Andretti who won the title with Red Bull F1 simulator driver Jake Dennis. 

Laudenbach is happy with the championships Porsche is present in: “We are engaged in customer racing from track days, GT4, one-make series up to professional GT racing [in GT3],” Laudenbach added.

“On top of that we are racing in the two most important endurance racing series [the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship with the 963 LMDh] with our partner Penske.

“The third part, since electrification of our brand is very important, is our engagement in Formula E, which is the only full-electric series on a high level.

“I think we are really well served.”