BMW not tempted by new F1 rules

BMW has ruled out any talk that it could reconsider its Formula 1 plans, despite the sport being poised to switch to all-new engine regulations from 2013. A number of car manufacturers are believed to be evaluating whether the concept for more environmentally-friendly power-units from 2013 will justify investing in an F1 programme. But although BMW is understood to have kept a watching brief over the development of the 2013 regulations, its motorsport director Mario Theissen made it clear in Macau last weekend that his company was not contemplating a comeback

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