For the Volkswagen Group to openly admit that Formula 1 is not on its agenda is no surprise, particularly given the fall-out from 'Dieselgate'.
In fact, even before the scandal broke in September, this writer consistently doubted rumours that Wolfsburg's management board harboured serious intentions of entering F1, regardless of who - initially Ferdinand Piech, then Martin Winterkorn and, now, Matthias Muller - headed VW Group.