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 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 ...