{"id":875822,"date":"2026-09-01T04:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/875822\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:58:10","slug":"formula-1-news-audi-plans-monza-gearbox-change-baku-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/875822\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 News: Audi plans Monza gearbox change, Baku upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

(GMM) Audi is preparing a development push as its first Formula 1 season begins to stabilize, with a long-planned gearbox change for Monza followed by a much larger aerodynamic package at Baku.<\/p>\n

Motorsport-Magazin reports that Audi will introduce revised gear ratios in Italy after engineers concluded early in the season that first gear was too short and eighth gear too long.<\/p>\n

The change has taken around 24 weeks to produce, with Audi using the special gearbox-ratio allowance available under the new regulations.<\/p>\n

\"\"27 Nico Hulkenberg, (GER), Revolut Audi F1 Team R26, during the Austrian GP, Spielberg 25-28 June 2026, Red Bull Ring, Formula 1 World Championship 2026.<\/p>\n

Audi has already improved its launch performance since introducing a smaller turbocharger in Barcelona, but the report says clutch hardware and control remain areas for improvement.<\/p>\n

The bigger visual change is expected in Baku.<\/p>\n

Although much of Audi\u2019s development focus has already turned towards 2027, Motorsport-Magazin<\/a> says the R26 will receive a substantial aerodynamic update there, with an insider describing the car as set to look \u201ccompletely different\u201d.<\/p>\n

That comes as Audi\u2019s recent form has improved markedly, with points in each of the last four races after seven consecutive scoreless rounds earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

And amid the latest driver-market movements, Audi senior figure Allan McNish has made clear the team is satisfied with Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re very fortunate, to be honest with you, with Nico and Gabi, because they complement each other very well,\u201d said the Scot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I stand here today, I think actually, for us and where we are, it is the perfect combination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Audi is preparing a development push as its first Formula 1 season begins to stabilize, with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-875822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875822","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=875822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}