What Audi's major change of plan means for its 2026 F1 entry
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Published 2024-03-17
After persistent speculation that Audi’s commitment to its first ever works F1 programme is wavering, the German manufacturer has now proved the opposite is true.
Audi’s going all-in, buying 100% of Sauber in what it calls a bid to “accelerate the preparations” for 2026.
This a victory for Sauber CEO and new Audi F1 team CEO Andreas Seidl, who has been pushing for more support from Audi, sooner, to make the changes he believes are necessary to achieve its goals from 2026 onwards.
It should also finally put an end to the claims that various high-profile departures from Audi and its parent Volkswagen Group could derail the project entirely.
0:00 Intro
1:40 Change of plan
3:58 Who's running what
6:51 Why this is necessary
8:43 Drivers in sight
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All Comments (21)
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7:56 the sauber people turning around in sync looked like something out of a sitcom intro
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lol a "100% STAKE in Sauber" i chuckled at that pun
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Audi has an enviable record in every category it has entered. I hope this continues in F1 and if the driver line up were to be Carlos Sainz' and Niko Hulkenburg it would be a very strong team.
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I want Audi and I want to see Carlos Sainz in that beautiful Audi racing suit!
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Between RB, Merc, Ferrari, and now McLaren, Aston, and Audi, someone's "top team" goals are not going to pan out.
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2:45 we saw what you did there m8....you aint slick.
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I always thought this Audi plan was strange. You need to get a team and structure that can build a good chassis and you can do that now, so why wait and have to do both in 2026? It's 2024, that team should be building everything minus ICE, hybrid and maybe gearbox in house already. I'm glad they decided to go faster on this.
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Anyone else notice that Audi's Oliver Hoffmann is The Race reporter Scott in disguise?
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2:45 cheeky ;)
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6:36 as a german, this speaks to me on a fundamental level
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Whoever came up with that Official Joke deserves a Bonus. Really made me chuckle.
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Please keep that livery Audi!
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I bet they will try to introduce all wheel drive in f1 lol
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Officially OFFICIALLY the best The Race joke of 2024 😆
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Can I make a suggestion? I have a sight problem and, when I'm relaxed watching your videos, I try to rest my eyes and remove my glasses. But every time a topic starts (which I notice when the video goes a few seconds silent), I have to go back to try to read what will be covered. Could you speak out loud the title of each chapter? It would be great to keep the flow of the video for me.
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I was close to cover up my Rings on my car, if they would pull out. But now I polisch them🔥
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Sainz makes the most sense for a big name driver in the Audi, GP winner, ex Ferrari driver and more importantly Audi partnerships with his dad making the relationship with the engine site easy as Carlos sr is there often for Dakar etc
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LOVED the editing in this one!
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I’m confused by the last couple minutes of this video, why absolutely no mention of Sauber junior and current reserve Theo Pourchaire who is very clearly lined up for a seat at the team soon?
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It came down to the existing owner not willing to put more money in and Audi realizing that with the potential spending advantage they have going forward, outlined at 3:24:, they had to take over so this money could be used.
