The team
Audi’s works Formula 1 team races from Hinwil, Switzerland, the former Sauber base that has hosted Alfa Romeo and Kick Sauber identities in recent years. 2026 is the German marque’s debut season as a full constructor, with its own power unit developed in Neuburg — the biggest manufacturer entry into the sport in a generation.
2026 season
Modest points and a deliberate, infrastructure-first approach have defined Audi’s first campaign. Nico Hülkenberg brings veteran calibration alongside Gabriel Bortoleto, the Brazilian rookie who came through the McLaren junior programme, and the team’s improving trajectory has been credited partly to senior hires recruited from Red Bull. Audi’s willingness to fight through the FIA’s legal machinery over a single point at Monza — the Tsunoda appeal — says everything about how seriously the project treats every place in the constructors’ table. The long game is the whole point.
