{"id":405091,"date":"2026-01-12T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/405091\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:29:09","slug":"watch-and-hear-audis-2026-f1-race-car-on-track-before-its-official-unveil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/405091\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch (and Hear) Audi\u2019s 2026 F1 Race Car on Track Before Its Official Unveil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">There&#8217;s still roughly one week until the official launch of the Audi R26 Formula 1 race car, which will happen on January 20, but we&#8217;ve already received our first look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTTPDXBDOgR\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTTPDXBDOgR\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"car on a racetrack\" data-node-id=\"0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1uig388 emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">car on a racetrack<\/a> as it commences tested in Barcelona. We also scored our first listen to the Audi-developed 1.6-liter turbocharged hybrid V-6 power unit. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The 2026 Formula One season may be the most anticipated in recent memory. The sport&#8217;s regulations have been overhauled for the new year, and new teams will be taken to the grid for the first time. One of those is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadandtrack.com\/news\/a60139532\/audi-will-buy-100-of-sauber-f1-team-keep-andreas-seidl\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.roadandtrack.com\/news\/a60139532\/audi-will-buy-100-of-sauber-f1-team-keep-andreas-seidl\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"the Audi Revolut F1 Team, which has taken over Sauber\" data-node-id=\"1.1\" class=\"body-link css-1uig388 emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Audi Revolut F1 Team, which has taken over Sauber<\/a>\u2014and this past weekend, that team&#8217;s car became the first 2026 Formula 1 racer spotted testing in public, with some fans who happened to be around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya managing to capture some video of the car turning laps and giving us our first opportunity to hear what one of the new 2026 F1 cars sounds like.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The team also shared some photos of the car and the team at Barcelona on the Audi F1 Instagram page. The car was wearing an all-black livery, and the team was careful not to share any detailed photos ahead of the official reveal. However, it&#8217;s still exciting to see the first on-track photos of the R26. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Expect to see more of this new racer soon, as we&#8217;re entering Formula 1 car reveal season; starting this week, every manufacturer will reveal their 2026 challenger, until Aston Martin and McLaren wrap things up by revealing their cars on February 9. Suffice it to say, it&#8217;s an exciting time for Formula 1 fans around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s still roughly one week until the official launch of the Audi R26 Formula 1 race car, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,782,170763,784,578,576,577,1642,170762,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-405091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-d154df2f-ad44-40c3-bac7-e73d8a5b3d8f","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-f1","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-formula1","16":"tag-locale-us","17":"tag-shorttitle-audis-2026-f1-car-takes-1st-public-run-on-track","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}