Audi Racing Director Allan McNish believes the team showed stronger race pace than its qualifying result suggested at the Formula 1 (F1) Azerbaijan GP, despite a challenging weekend in Baku. The team struggled to maximise its performance over one lap on Friday before showing improved pace during Saturday’s race. However, tyre performance and the challenge…
Four laps from the chequered flag, Nico Hülkenberg sat P10 and Audi held a point at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. Then, Carlos Sainz swept past on the long straight at the beginning of the 49th tour, and the German dropped to P11. That move seemed to sum up the Azerbaijan GP weekend of the…
Audi’s Nico Hülkenberg took his third points finish in four races with a 10th place finish at the 2026 F1 Spanish GP. After the race the German was satisfied with the car, but thought that they could have made more of its pace. “I think [there was] not much more in it today. Only if…
In for Isack Hadjar at Red Bull Racing once again, Liam Lawson finished the 2026 F1 Italian GP in P14 after front wing damage hurt his Sunday. It had been a great first three laps for the New Zealander, moving up to P15 after starting in pit lane because of engine component penalties and set-up…
The Audi F1 Team experienced a tough afternoon at the 2026 F1 Italian GP in Monza. Gabriel Bortoleto crossed the finish line in eleventh place, just ahead of teammate Nico Hülkenberg in twelfth. Following the race, Bortoleto, Hülkenberg and racing director Allan McNish spoke to break down the difficult weekend. Bortoleto identifies recurring start issues…
Allan McNish has opened up about Audi’s prospects in the midfield battle in the second half of the 2026 F1 season, whether they will introduce more upgrades, how impressive Nico Hülkenberg’s performance was at the Dutch GP, and why their overall execution has improved in recent rounds. While the German driver cleared Q1 and set…
Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto was unable to capitalize on a 9th place start at the 2026 F1 Dutch GP, coming home in 13th. The Brazilian had an auspicious start, spinning out behind Max Verstappen’s crash on lap 1 and nearly collecting teammate Nico Hülkenberg in the process. “I thought I was gonna crash in that moment….
Nico Hülkenberg delivered a strong recovery drive at the 2026 F1 Dutch GP, securing eighth place after a challenging weekend for Audi. Overcoming early drama, midfield traffic and tricky track conditions, the German driver explained how smart strategy and race pace turned a difficult weekend around. Hülkenberg on dodging Gabriel Bortoleto Nico Hülkenberg experienced a…
Nico Hülkenberg believes Audi’s first half of the 2026 F1 season has been “pretty positive and quite encouraging”, despite admitting the team still has work to do after a troubled start on his side of the garage. Audi reached the summer break with signs of progress in its first season under the new F1 regulations….
Nico Hülkenberg has defended Formula 1’s (F1) current generation, insisting that drivers can still influence performance in 2026 despite the greater emphasis on energy management and changing deployment characteristics after the change of the regulations. The latest technical regulations have altered the way drivers extract lap time, particularly as they balance outright speed with energy…
