The chief of Volkswagen's motorsport arm has once again suggested that the car maker could look into a F1 entry in the future, revealing that he will submit a proposal to the company's board for VW to expand their motorsport operations.
VW have been embroiled in a mildly flirtatious relationship with Formula One for the last few years.
The company's Audi brand was reportedly interested in joining the grid when the sport brought in new engine regulations, something that Red Bull designer Adrian Newey admitted was a driving force behind the sport's now-dropped four cylinder turbo plan for 2013.
Instead, Audi's interest waned, and the sport modified their new engine rules to a V6 turbo formula, set to come in for the 2014 season.
Those new engines were designed to ignite fresh manufacturer interest in the sport, but so far have only managed to gain support from F1's current suppliers Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Cosworth, and new Craig Pollock-led company PURE.
But while VW's interest in F1 appears to have waned, their motorsport representative Wolfgang Durheimer told the excitingly-titled German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche that an F1 entry might be on the cards again soon.
He hinted that the company could be sold on an F1 programme based on the far-reaching global markets that the sport now races in.
"Later this year I will put forward proposals to the executive group for [involvement in] not only the racing series that we do already," he coyly suggested in an interview over the weekend.
He added: "It is true [that] in America, Asia and the Middle East, we are not sufficiently represented in motor sport."
The magazine suggested that any such F1 bid would take the form of an engine supply operation, rather than Volkswagen setting up their own works team.
It is not the first time that Duerheimer has mooted a renewed VW F1 bid, after he suggested last year that he could see the company entering the sport in the future.
"I could imagine involvement in Formula One in 2018, when the company is at the forefront of the industry," he said, "We have enough brands that could do that."
VW's main motorsport ambitions currently revolve around sportscars, with their multiple Le Mans winning Audi brand, as well as a new World Rally Championship programme.
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