Leaked Footage Reveals Audi’s First Formula 1 Car for 2026

Leaked footage has offered the first glimpse of Audi’s 2026 Formula 1 car running on track in Barcelona — making Audi the first team to test machinery built for the new F1 regulations.

This was not an official pre-season test. Instead, it was a tightly restricted filming day used as a technical shakedown, designed to verify basic systems, reliability and the integration of Audi’s brand-new in-house power unit.

With limited mileage, demonstration tyres and no official data released, this early run is not about performance — but it does reveal just how far advanced Audi’s F1 project already is.

In this video, we break down:
– What this shakedown really means
– Why Audi chose to run so early
– The technical limitations of filming days
– The significance of Audi developing its own power unit
– And what this tells us about the 2026 Formula 1 era

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