'BMW were too quick to quit F1'
Former BMW motorsport director Gerhard Berger believes the German manufacturer should have 'persevered' with their F1 programme.
BMw purchased 80 percent of the Sauber F1 team at the end of 2005 and went on to claim second place in the Constructors' Championship in 2007, dropping to third the following season.
But after falling down the order in 2009, BMW announced their withdrawal from F1, selling the team back to Peter Sauber.
Berger, though, reckons BMW gave up on F1 too soon.
"The way BMW had set up its own team was correct. But they should have shown perhaps a little more perseverance," Berger told Auto Motor Und Sport.
"It's interesting with F1 that you cannot get the title at a first attempt. It takes a lot of very hard work until the successes come and you need to stick at it.
"The conditions needed to achieve what Red Bull have now reached and the reason why that didn't happen for them was always that the patience was missing.
"Dietrich Mateschitz of Red Bull had it. He had bad years, however he continued. And now it has been rewarded. Now he gets a return on his investment."
Credit: PlanetF1.com (www.planetf1.com)
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