The new-look Audi F1 team has adopted a double-pushrod suspension with its F1 2026 car, it has emerged.<\/p>\n
It comes amid rumours that Ferrari and Red Bull are set to follow the same development path with their new cars for 2026.<\/p>\n
Double pushrod suspension spotted on Audi F1 2026 car in shakedown run<\/p>\n
Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google<\/a> to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n Audi became the first team to take to the track with its F1 2026 car on Friday as the German manufacturer held a filming day with the new R26 in Barcelona.<\/p>\n The team was restricted to a maximum of 200 kilometres \u2013 the equivalent of 42 laps \u2013 at the venue of the newly renamed Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.<\/p>\n On Friday<\/a>, footage filmed by a fan watching trackside circulated widely on social media as the Audi took to the track in an all-black livery.<\/p>\n And PlanetF1.com technical editor Matt Somerfield has confirmed that the R26 features pushrod suspension at both the front and rear of the car.<\/p>\n F1 2026: Formula 1\u2019s season of change<\/p>\n F1 2025 v F1 2026: Nine key questions ahead of huge regulation changes<\/a><\/p>\n F1\u2019s secret battleground revealed amid preparations for 2026 revolution<\/a><\/p>\n A double-pushrod suspension is expected to be one of the main technical trends of the 2026 season as the sport moves away from the ground-effect machinery in use between 2022 and 2025.<\/p>\n F1\u2019s technical regulations have been overhauled for 2026 \u2013 a rare instance of the chassis and engine rules simultaneously \u2013 as the sport embraces 50 per cent electrification, fully sustainable fuels and active aerodynamics.<\/p>\n Pushrod suspension is thought to offer greater predictability in the car\u2019s handling under the new rules than the pullrod alternative, with the layout also bringing benefits in terms of the packaging of the complex new power units.<\/p>\n It emerged in November that Ferrari is set to have a double-pushrod suspension<\/a> on its new car for 2026.<\/p>\n If true, the new SF-26 will be the first Ferrari F1 machine to feature a pushrod suspension at the rear since the F10, driven in competition by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, in 2010.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a report in Italy last month claimed that Red Bull is set to go down the double-pushrod route with its new RB22 car<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is expected that more teams will adopt a pushrod suspension for F1\u2019s new era.<\/p>\n Audi\u2019s shakedown on Friday came a full 17 days before the start of F1\u2019s first pre-season test in Barcelona, which will be held behind closed doors across January 26-30.<\/p>\n The German manufacturer will officially launch the R26 at an event in Berlin on January 20.<\/p>\n Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n You can also subscribe to the PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n