Audi Sport will join Formula 1 as an engine supplier from 2026, joining an existing team on the grid -
has confirmed the worst kept secret in motorsport by announcing it will join Formula 1 as a powertrain supplier from 2026. The announcement came ahead of the 2022 Belgium Grand Prix.
Confirming the not so surprising news, Audi confirmed its decision to go single seater racing and ditch itsplans was down to the new Formula 1 technical regulations that come into force from the 2026 season. “In view of the major technological leaps that the series is making towards sustainability in 2026, we can speak of a new Formula 1. Formula 1 is transforming, and Audi wants to actively support this journey,” explains Oliver Hoffmann, board member for technical development at Audi AG.Earlier this year Formula 1 and the FIA ratified the 2026 engine regulations, which will see the electric motors produce in the region of 550bhp, nearly as much as the 1.6-litre turbo engines produce.
A new subsidiary has been created within Audi Sport to design, develop and build its F1 power unit at the team’s headquarters in Neuburg an der Donau. Although before work can begin there is the small matter of redeveloping the site to accommodate the infrastructure required by taking on such an undertaking. Audi’s new engine will be the first German built F1 engine for over a decade sinceleft the sport. Mercedes’s all conquering F1 power units are built in Brixworth, in Northamptonshire.
Audi’s Formula 1 project will be headed by Adam Baker, who until recently worked at the FIA for three years as Safety Director. The manufacturer will announce which team it will supply by the end of the 2022 season, although with Alfa Romeo announcing it will end its agreement with Sauber at the end of the 2023 season, it doesn't take a genius to work out which team will carry the Audi branding.
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