Audi are reported to have acquired 120 employees to their technical department, and are looking to a former Formula 1 driver to head the team. At the start of the year, Audi and Porsche were reported to be preparing a proposal to their parent company, Volkswagen, to enter F1 in 2026. Initial suggestions were that the German car giants planned to make a powertrain conjointly, that they would then supply to Red Bull and McLaren. However, since then, Porsche have been in talks with Red Bull, while Audi intend to purchase a team and run it as their own. READ: Toto Wolff admits Mick Schumacher would be on ‘our radar’ if Lewis Hamilton retires At first, that appeared to be McLaren, but the...
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