Here’s What Audi’s First Formula 1 Car Will Look Like

The top of the present Method 1 season is simply weeks away, which implies the beginning of the 2026 season is correct across the nook. When it is lights out subsequent yr, Audi might be on the grid for the primary time in historical past—and we bought a peek at what the German automaker’s automobile will appear to be with the brand new R26 Idea.  

The idea previews the design and coloration scheme that might be a part of a brand new model identification for your complete firm. It options titanium, carbon black, and the brand new Audi crimson. The automobile can even characteristic crimson rings and can function a “pioneer for the brand new model identification, which might be rolled out sooner or later each for the F1 group and Audi as an entire.” 

Audi is getting into F1 via its acquisition of Sauber Group in 2022, and it instantly started creating the automobile’s turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 engine, the power restoration system, and the remainder of the facility unit, together with the transmission.  

Main Audi’s F1 effort are former Ferrari Group Principal Mattia Binotto and former Pink Bull Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley. Present Kick Sauber drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto will preserve their seats subsequent yr and race for Audi. 

Photograph by: Audi

Photograph by: Audi

Images by: Audi

The general public will get its first take a look at Audi’s Method 1 automobile in motion in February throughout testing in Bahrain. The automobile will make its racing debut on the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne in March.  

Audi is already tempering expectations because it enters the enduring racing collection, regardless that it has large targets for the tip of the last decade. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner stated:  

‘We aren’t getting into Method 1 simply to be there. We need to win. On the identical time, we all know that you do not grow to be a high group in Method 1 in a single day. It takes time, perseverance, and tireless questioning of the established order. By 2030, we need to combat for the World Championship title.’

The brand new laws that arrive subsequent season may simply put previous winners behind the pack, so Audi may not battle as a lot because it thinks. Nonetheless, it is a difficult activity to determine a brand new F1 group that persistently earns podiums, and that sort of self-discipline takes time. It feels like Audi’s F1 group will play a significant function within the firm’s future.

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