{"id":406747,"date":"2026-01-11T18:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406747\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:48:42","slug":"audi-to-become-first-team-to-debut-2026-f1-car-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406747\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi to become first team to debut 2026 F1 car on track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audi will shake down its Formula 1 car at Barcelona on Friday in a major milestone ahead of the German manufacturer\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n<p>The Audi R26 is set to be the first 2026 car to run on track with a filming day at the Spanish Grand Prix venue.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first running for Audi since rebranding Sauber in its image for 2026, and the first real-world miles for Audi\u2019s maiden F1 engine.<\/p>\n<p>F1\u2019s first test will not take place until the end of the month, at the same circuit, so Audi\u2019s shakedown is coming surprisingly early. <\/p>\n<p>It suggests that project leader Mattia Binotto &#8211; who has emphasised the need for good reliability through pre-season &#8211; is prioritising early mileage to identify and address any initial issues as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-race.com\/formula-1\/audi-first-f1-engines-finished-testing-race-plan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Binotto also indicated to The Race previously that this version of the Audi F1 engine<\/a>, which was fired up for the first time on December 19, \u201cwill be distant to the final one\u201d that will be homologated by March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have built a solid foundation for what will be a long journey,\u201d Binotto said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the December fire-up \u2013 which marked the first time the Audi engine ran when installed in the chassis \u2013 was described as a \u201cspecial moment\u201d by Binotto and a &#8220;critical milestone\u201d by team principal Jonathan Wheatley.<\/p>\n<p>The shakedown will be another key moment before the formal launch of what is officially titled the Audi Revolut F1 Team comes in Berlin on January 20 \u2013 three days before the private first test in Barcelona.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audi will shake down its Formula 1 car at Barcelona on Friday in a major milestone ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-406747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406747","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=406747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}