Audi has no plans to enter Formula 1 in the short-term according to the company’s head of sport Wolfgang Ullrich.
It had been rumoured that Audi were looking to enter a team in 2016 following the appointment of former-Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali.
Ullrich however confirmed Domenicali’s role isn’t motorsport related and that no decision had been taken with regards to entering F1 in the future.
“There is no decision that we are going in that direction,” he told Autosport.
“Audi has a motorsport programme that at the moment is based on the World Endurance Championship and the DTM, and we are working on the cars for next season. There is no other programme.”
He also dismissed rumours that Audi had been in contact with Fernando Alonso about heading up their campaign.
“Mr Alonso was in our pit at Le Mans this year and that is it – there is no contact,” he confirmed.
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