Key Highlights Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg lost a potential points finish at Interlagos after receiving a 10-second penalty for leaving the track while passing Alpine’s Franco Colapinto. Audi racing director Allan McNish said the team considered the Turn 1 incident debatable because Colapinto had run wide and Hulkenberg had built a two-second gap before the situation ...
Key Highlights The FIA’s final 2026 ADUO review grants no additional upgrades to any Formula 1 power unit manufacturer. Red Bull Ford Powertrains remains the benchmark, while Mercedes, Ferrari, Audi and Honda retain their existing upgrade allowances. The next ADUO assessment will cover the opening six races of the 2027 season, from the Bahrain Grand ...
Key Highlights Gabriel Bortoleto’s partner, Isabella Bernardini, wore a custom upcycled dress made from Audi and adidas’s Brazilian Grand Prix collection at Interlagos. Created by designer Fiona Roerig, the one-off garment integrated São Paulo needlework traditions alongside Bortoleto’s racing number five. Bortoleto faces a challenging home race, starting 19th on the grid following a crash ...
Key Highlights: Longtime Hinwil stalwart Beat Zehnder will leave the Audi Formula 1 team at the end of December 2026. Zehnder spent decades with the Swiss squad, attending 601 consecutive Grands Prix as team manager and sporting director. His exit comes amid organizational restructuring as the team prepares its operations for the 2027 season and ...
Key Highlights: Audi has officially appointed Thomas Fuhr as the new Chief Executive Officer of Audi Formula Racing GmbH in Neuburg. The appointment enables Chief Technical Director Stefan Dreyer to concentrate entirely on technical engine development while COO Christian Foyer manages day-to-day operations. Fuhr previously served as managing director of Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains and ...
Key Highlights: Audi junior driver Freddie Slater will make his Formula 1 weekend debut with FP1 outings at the Mexico City and Sao Paulo Grands Prix. Slater will replace race drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto for one session each, completing Audi’s mandatory rookie practice requirements. Cadillac test and development driver Colton Herta will take ...
Key Highlights Gabriel Bortoleto is in his second Formula 1 season and his first with Audi as a full works team, sitting 15th in the drivers’ standings with 10 points. Audi is eighth in the constructors’ standings, while Bortoleto’s teammate Nico Hulkenberg has scored 13 points. Bortoleto consults close friend and four-time champion Max Verstappen ...
Key Highlights: Gabriel Bortoleto acknowledges that fellow Gen-Z rivals Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar have already reached Formula 1 podiums, but insists patience is the right response as he builds Audi’s long-term F1 project from within. The 2023 F3 and 2024 F2 champion draws mentorship from both Audi team principal Mattia Binotto and four-time world ...
Key Highlights: Audi has unveiled a bespoke livery for the Singapore Grand Prix, marking the team’s first night race in Formula 1. The Audi R26 design blends Titanium Silver Grey with traditional Peranakan patterns on the sidepods and rear wing, extending to drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto’s race suits. The launch coincides with a ...
Key Highlights Audi plans a new campus near its existing Formula 1 facility in Hinwil, Switzerland. Parts of the Zurichstrasse campus are scheduled to become operational in summer 2026, with completion planned for 2030. The Wildbachstrasse site will be redeveloped, while Audi’s wind tunnel will remain in operation. Audi Formula 1 plans new Hinwil campus ...
Esteban Ocon expressed disappointment after narrowly missing out on championship points with an 11th-place finish at the Spanish Grand Prix, marking his closest brush with a top-ten result since the Monaco round. Despite the frustration, the Haas F1 Team extracted significant encouragement from the weekend, with their latest aerodynamic upgrade package demonstrating genuine performance gains ...
Key Highlights Formula 3 runner-up and Audi F1 junior Freddie Slater will join Invicta Racing for the 2027 Formula 2 season. The 18-year-old Briton secured the 2024 Italian F4 and 2025 Formula Regional European titles before a strong rookie F3 campaign with Trident in 2026, claiming eight podiums and a victory in Hungary. Slater follows ...