WRT chief Vincent Vosse has hit out at former Audi Sport head Julius Seebach for 'damaging the German manufacturer’s image' 'I'm very frustrated and sad because Audi was one of those manufacturers who did so well whatever they did in motorsport.'
Audi has come under fire in recent times for scrapping its LMDh project and not providing a clear roadmap for its GT3 programme, even as it confirmed plans to enter Formula 1 from 2026 in conjunction with Sauber.
Seebach moved to a different role within the Audi business in September this year, but WRT’s Vosse has criticised him for the negative impact his tenure had on the German manufacturer's motorsport programmes. Although it was never officially announced, WRT was supposed to be Audi’s team of choice for its works LMDh programme in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2023.
“With Audi I was supposed to do a hypercar programme and keep on doing my GT programme,” Vosse said. “Then they decided to go in another direction which I cannot really complain about. At the end it's a decision of a manufacturer for something which is quite big, which is F1. “Dieter Gass and Wolfgang Ulrich were missing in those difficult times because they know exactly what motorsport is and they would have acted in a different way.
Michl has past experience of working at Audi Sport as well at Abt's automotive division and is rated highly by his peers along with Chris Reinke, who continues to head up the customer racing division.
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