{"id":400035,"date":"2026-01-08T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400035\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:05:10","slug":"audi-to-become-first-team-to-run-2026-f1-car-in-barcelona-filming-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400035\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi to become first team to run 2026 F1 car in Barcelona filming day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/team\/audi\/49024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Audi\u2019s<\/a> first ever Formula 1 car will take to the track as early as 9 January at Barcelona, Autosport understands.<\/p>\n<p>The brand-new R26 will perform a filming day with drivers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/nico-hulkenberg\/829440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nico Hulkenberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/gabriel-bortoleto\/950453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> at the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>This means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/team\/audi\/49024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Audi<\/a> will likely be the first team to get some track time in F1\u2019s new era, as the world championship moves to new regulations featuring active aerodynamics on the chassis side and a greater emphasis on electric power on the engine side.<\/p>\n<p>This is especially significant for Audi, which is joining F1 as a power unit supplier this year \u2013 only for its factory team, previously known as Sauber, which the German brand fully acquired in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767888310_560_audi-f1-team-rs26-concept-live.jpg\" alt=\"Audi F1 Team RS26 concept livery\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Audi F1 Team RS26 concept livery<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Audi Sport<\/p>\n<p>Regulations regarding filming days \u2013 known as Promotional Events in the sporting regulations \u2013 mean the R26 will be able to cover up to 200km, which equates to a maximum of 42 laps at the Catalan track. It will be fitted with Pirelli\u2019s demonstration tyres, which are different to the compounds used in official tests and grands prix.<\/p>\n<p>Each team is allowed two filming days this year, and Audi\u2019s rivals are widely expected to make the most of them as they shakedown their new cars ahead of the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Audi will host its season launch in Berlin on 20 January, ahead of the first pre-season test from 26-30 January, also taking place at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Oleg Karpov<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audi\u2019s first ever Formula 1 car will take to the track as early as 9 January at Barcelona,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,40856,212841,63,195711,79010,817,813,816,7695,852,85],"class_list":["post-400035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-audi","tag-audi-to-become-first-team-to-run-2026-f1-car-in-barcelona-filming-day","tag-australia","tag-barcelona-catalunya-pre-season-testing","tag-circuit-de-barcelona-catalunya","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-gabriel-bortoleto","tag-nico-hulkenberg","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}