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🎙️ Lead F1 commentator Alex Jacques believes Freddie Slater could arrive at Audi at the perfect time for the project:
“If Audi junior driver Freddie Slater continues on his current trajectory, he could expect promotion to Audi near the time they’d be expected to be challenging for wins.”
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Audi officially confirms its entry into Formula 1 from 2026. 🏁
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Unpopular opinion: this McLaren era feels even worse than Verstappen’s dominant 2023 season.
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🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto recalls how his mother discovered he was moving to Europe at the age of 12:
“She thought I was going to do two races, stay there for 15 or 20 days and then come back to Brazil.”
“When we were arriving at the airport, my father told her: ‘Look, Gabriel is going there to live. He will come back to Brazil every three or four months to stay for a few days, to see you, but he will live in Europe.’”
“My mother didn’t speak to my father for a month. But then she understood.”
[@mundodeportivo]
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🚨 🇲🇾 F1 has set a $75M price tag for Sepang’s comeback.
Should Malaysia return to the calendar?
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🚨 Two days until Audi reveals its 2026 F1 concept.
⏱️ Wednesday, 20:00 UTC.
#F1 #AudiF1Team #AudiF1Project
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🚨 BREAKING: Audi’s F1 power unit is reportedly more powerful than expected.
Rumours suggest the combustion engine has surpassed the 400 kW barrier — exceeding 540 hp. ⚙️
For comparison, Mercedes’ PU is said to reach around 420 kW (≈571 hp).
[@Motorsport_IT]
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🟩 Kick Sauber made a bold — and brilliant — call. Bortoleto keeps improving race after race, and this weekend marks another big leap forward.
🇧🇷 Are we witnessing the rise of the Rookie of the Year in this stacked debut class?
📸 via @stakef1team_ks
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🚨 Official: Adidas will become an Audi partner in a multi-year deal starting 2026.
The brand with the three stripes joins the four rings in Formula 1 — a major sponsorship ahead of the debut season. 🖤✨
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📊 Rookies: last four finishes (🇦🇹 → 🇬🇧 → 🇧🇪 → 🇭🇺)
Bortoleto: P8, DNF, P9, P6
Antonelli: DNF, DNF, P16, P10
Bearman: P11, P11, P11, DNF
Hadjar: P12, DNF, P20, P11
Colapinto: P15, DNS, P19, P18
✅ Bortoleto the standout rookie, trending up.
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Adidas will become the official apparel partner of Audi F1 from 2026. 👟
Four rings. Three stripes. One team. 🖤
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🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto has now outqualified 🇩🇪 Nico Hülkenberg in 4 consecutive Grands Prix, and in 7 of the last 9.
💥 The rookie is a qualifying beast.
#F1 #HungarianGP
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🚨 RUMOUR: Ferrari is reportedly considering replacing Lewis Hamilton with Oliver Bearman for 2027.
Several paddock voices suggest the team won’t renew Hamilton’s deal, with Bearman now seen as the favourite to take his seat.
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Perhaps history is set to repeat itself.
Low key project, new rulebook, clean sheet...
Quiet build, loud debut.
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You’re not ready for what’s coming… 👀
🚨 BREAKING: Audi’s F1 power unit is reportedly more powerful than expected.
Rumours suggest the combustion engine has surpassed the 400 kW barrier — exceeding 540 hp. ⚙️
For comparison, Mercedes’ PU is said to reach around 420 kW (≈571 hp).
[@Motorsport_IT]
#F1
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🚨 BREAKING: A small groove has been made on the kerb where Piastri, Hülkenberg and Colapinto crashed — aiming to prevent water build-up like yesterday’s puddle.
[@wearetherace]
#F1 #BrazilGP 🇧🇷
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🇦🇷 Franco Colapinto will continue with Alpine in 2026.
Flavio Briatore: “He has improved a lot lately and has been performing at Pierre Gasly’s level for four races.”
[@amsonline]
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🚨 A potential NEW F1 TEAM is being evaluated
Christian Horner is reportedly exploring the project with investors. Early discussions have already taken place, though it remains at an initial stage.
If approved, it would join alongside Audi replacing Kick Sauber and Cadillac’s entry — bringing the grid up to 24 cars.
F1 last had 12 teams on the grid in 2012.
[@wearetherace]
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🎨 Audi 2026 concept look
An unofficial render imagining the four rings’ first F1 car, satin grey base with Audi red highlights and black accents.
(Via @wiechuczek )
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🚨 Less than 24 hours to go until Audi reveals its 2026 F1 concept.
⏱️ Wednesday, 20:00 UTC.
Get ready for a new era.
#F1 #AudiF1Team #AudiF1Project
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The drivers of Audi’s next chapter.
Hülkenberg and Bortoleto meet the R26 for the first time. 🖤
#F1 #AudiF1Team #AudiF1Project
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🚨 Audi have signed Max Verstappen’s long-time No.1 mechanic, Matt Caller, from Red Bull.
The Brit will join the Hinwil-based team for 2026, bringing years of experience from Milton Keynes to Audi’s growing F1 project. 🖤🏁
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Consistently bringing the current car to the positions Bortoleto achieves, while outqualifying such an experienced teammate, says a lot about his speed and how well he’s already adapted to F1.
The future looks bright ✨
me chame de clubista, mas se você tem um novato pilotando uma Sauber, que é o terceiro pior carro do grid, se classificando somente atrás de duas Mercedes, duas McLarens e duas Ferraris e um tetracampeão
meu amigo, olhando aqui nos meus livros isso é uma pole position clara
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🇧🇷 Rafael Câmara’s F3 qualifying record in 2025:
🥇 P1: 🇦🇺 🇧🇭 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇭🇺
🥉 P3: 🇬🇧
P7: 🇦🇹
P11: 🇲🇨
Elite one-lap pace all year.
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A boy left Brazil for Italy at 11, finding a second home on its karting circuits . There, Gabriel Bortoleto blossomed, scoring his first single-seater win at Mugello in the Italian F4 series .
Years later at Monza, he achieved a miracle comeback: from last on the grid to victory in a Formula 2 feature race . It was a triumph for the ages – the first ever last-to-first win in F2, at a track he calls home .
Today, on his Formula 1 debut at Monza, the 20-year-old qualified P7 . Now he could make history, carrying Brazil’s hopes and Italy’s spirit into his first Grand Prix.
#F1 #ItalianGP
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🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto has now outqualified 🇩🇪 Nico Hülkenberg in 3 consecutive Grands Prix, and in 6 of the last 8.
🎯📈 The rookie is finding his rhythm
🇭🇺 Can he keep it going in Hungary?
📸 via Bortoleto’s Instagram
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🎙️ Gabriel Bortoleto on Beyond The Grid about Nico Hülkenberg:
"He has been in Formula 1 for 15 years. He struggled to get a first career podium only this year. I'm all about fairness in my life."
"I never thought his career was fair. Nico could have achieved so much more with the right cars and good teams behind him — and I don’t think he did."
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🎨 Audi 2026 concept look
From the designer behind the 2023 AMuS 2026 concept that lit up the F1 timeline: a high-detail Audi livery concept using Audi’s published design cues on a more accurate model.
(Via @ChrisPaulDesig1 )
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Bortoleto 🆚 Alonso
Gabi takes advantage out of Turn 2 and completes the overtake on Alonso into Turn 4.
Statement move from the rookie.
#F1 #ItalianGP
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Yuki Tsunoda has reportedly been held again at the airport upon arrival in the United States.
[@shigasportsf1]
#F1 #USGP 🇺🇸
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🔥 Career-best drive from Gabriel Bortoleto!
P6 in Hungary — his most complete F1 weekend so far.
After a brilliant qualifying, he backed it up with relentless race pace and wheel-to-wheel battles against top-tier rivals.
He’s arriving.
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Four rings, forged for the future. 🖤
2026 won’t just be another season….
It’ll be the beginning. 🏁
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🚨 BREAKING: Audi has launched a countdown for the reveal of its F1 concept car, marking the next big step in the brand’s journey to the grid.
⏱️ Reveal in 6 days.
#F1 #AudiF1Project #AudiF1Team
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Call it controversial, but Bortoleto is the rookie of the year and it’s not even close 🦋
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🇧🇷 P7 today — Bortoleto’s best F1 qualifying to date.
A special lap, at a special track.
🦋 One-lap pace? He’s got it in his DNA.
via @stakef1team_ks
#F1 #HungarianGP
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Audi has released the official spot for the launch of its 2026 F1 concept — the Audi R26.
A glimpse into the future of the four rings on the grid. 🖤
#F1 #AudiF1Team #AudiF1Project
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🇧🇷 Gabriel Bortoleto on Fernando Alonso:
"Without Fernando, I wouldn't have ended up in Formula 1, and without him, I wouldn't have won the titles in F2 and F3."
"He is my manager and friend. He has so much experience in Formula 1 and helps me so much. Some tricks he doesn't reveal, though, when I ask him what he sometimes does on the track."
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📊 Gabriel Bortoleto’s Hungarian GP pace 🇭🇺
🧠 2 stints. 70 flawless laps. Average pace among the best in the midfield.
With clean air and composure, he managed tyres, executed the plan, and crossed the line in P6, his best F1 result so far.
#F1 #HungarianGP
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🤝 Bortoleto and Alonso exchanged congratulations in parc fermé after a strong qualifying from both.
🇧🇷 Gabriel, managed by Fernando’s driver agency, will start P7, just behind the veteran in P5.
✨ Two generations — same flair for Saturdays.
📸 via @KymIllman
#F1 #HungariangGP
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🇩🇪 Nico Hülkenberg reflects on what Audi's project means for him at the Audi R26 presentation.
"For me, as a German, representing such a major brand with a unique motorsport history is also something very special. You can sense that something big is happening here."
“Audi’s entry into the pinnacle of motorsport is a real statement."
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🎙️ Verstappen reflects on Bortoleto’s ceiling, pointing to what he could deliver once he has a car capable of running at the front.
"I just hope for Gabi, that he gets an opportunity within the next three, four years to be really competitive at the front and fight for podiums. And if that’s in the same team, even better — because that means we’re both fighting for the best positions.”
[@MotorsportWeek]
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🔝 Nico Hülkenberg on Bortoleto after his P6 finish in Hungary:
“He’s a very young, bright, very fast guy. He’s very dedicated, very focused, works really hard. He definitely has the right attitude and he’s got the speed. So he’s very impressive to me, for a rookie."
"Seeing him up close as a team-mate, his data, what he says after sessions and races, is very, very encouraging. He has everything you need to become a great driver and have a long, successful career.”
P7 start → P6 finish
(Via @MotorsportWeek )
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Audi and FC Bayern team up for a special look at the new Audi R26, with players posing alongside the freshly unveiled concept. 🖤
A crossover between two of Germany’s biggest sporting giants. 🇩🇪
#F1 #AudiF1Project #AudixFCB
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🎨 Audi 2026 concept look
An unofficial render imagining the four rings’ first F1 car, matte grey base with red highlights and sharp geometry,.
(Via @MagicRacingDes )
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The heart of the Audi R26. 🖤
A 750 kW power unit built in Neuburg, ready for the 2026 regulations.
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📰 Nico Hülkenberg speaking to Swiss newspaper Blick on Gabriel Bortoleto:
“He has all the attributes to go far in Formula 1. If he keeps it up, I believe he has a very successful career ahead of him.”
“Very good. Strong development. For someone still in his first year as a rookie, the guy is extremely good. He learns very quickly, is attentive, an extremely fast driver, makes few mistakes, and is very committed and passionate.”
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👑 Driver of the Day: Gabriel Bortoleto
Finishes P6 at the Hungaroring — his best result in Formula 1 so far.
A masterclass in consistency, tyre management, and maturity beyond his years.
The butterfly keeps soaring. 🦋
📸 via @stakef1team_ks
#F1 #HungarianGP
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🇧🇷 This is how Bortoleto never even got to start his lap.
More than a minute stopped in the pit lane — because if they leave, the delta time starts. So everyone waits… and blocks the rest.
#F1 #USGP 🇺🇸
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🧾 Contract clarity on Gabriel Bortoleto and Audi:
2 years + option for a 3rd — effectively 2025–26 locked, 2027 on the table.
That’s why the silly-season chatter is just noise right now: he says no team has approached him and “everyone knows how solid the deal is.”
Bortoleto signed knowing 2026 may be a short-term step back (new rules + Audi PU). The bet is long-term, he calls himself “very lucky” to join a fully invested brand and underlines mutual commitment.
💬 “It’s only a matter of time, one, two, three, four years, and I’ll be with them in that moment.”
(via @UOL )
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📝 The official F1 site now puts Gabriel Bortoleto in the Rookie of the Year conversation — and rightly so.
From back-to-back F3 and F2 titles to delivering a stellar debut season with Sauber, Gabi is proving he’s the real deal. P6 in Budapest was just the latest statement.
Despite doubts from parts of the paddock about his outright speed, he’s responded with racecraft, consistency, and rapid adaptation to F1’s demands. Few expected him to shine this early, but he’s earning his spot. And maybe something more.
(via @F1 )
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🚨 Audi ‘has not changed’ its position on F1’s engine debate.
The team is not in favour of scrapping the next-gen PU regulations for a return to V8s.
Jonathan Wheatley:
“I think fundamentally, there were three pillars that Audi set their entrance into Formula 1 on. One was a highly efficient engine, another one was advanced hybrid technology, and sustainable fuels. So I don’t think our position has changed on that.”
“And as far as I know, we’re going to stay in that position for a very long time.”
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📊 Kick F1 Sauber has now scored points in five consecutive races, a streak they hadn’t matched since early 2022, when Bottas finished in the Top 10 in Australia, Imola, the US, Spain, and Monaco.
The current run:
🇪🇸 Spain
🇨🇦 Canada
🇦🇹 Austria
🇬🇧 Britain
🇧🇪 Belgium
🧵 (1/4)
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📈 Gabriel Bortoleto breaks into the Power Rankings top 8 after the Belgian GP, scoring 7.8 and ranking ahead of Hamilton and Bearman.
🇧🇷 Solid signs of progress for the Brazilian.
📸 via @F1
#F1 #BelgianGP
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🎙️ Mattia Binotto during the Audi R26 presentation:
“The Audi F1 Project is the most exciting project in motorsports, if not in sports overall."
"The goal is clear: to fight for championships by 2030.”
#F1 #AudiF1Project
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👉 Clarification: in 2023 Verstappen was simply miles ahead of everyone.
This year McLaren are on another level, but the title fight looks shaped more by driver mistakes and team errors — and even then they still hold such an advantage that they’re cruising.
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🚨 Audi is set to unveil its 2026 F1 concept live on the official Audi F1 Team page.
📆 The presentation will take place on Wednesday, November 12 at 20:00 UTC.
#F1 #AudiF1Team #AudiF1Project
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🚨 That “circulated” Ferrari rumour seems to have played its part — Wolff Zimmermann and Lars Schmidt both chose Audi as their next destination.
#F1
🚨 | A paddock rumour that Ferrari are significantly behind their rivals in 2026 development has reportedly been "strategically circulated."
According to @Racingnews365, this rumour was created to make Ferrari a less attractive destination for engineers.
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📊 Gabriel Bortoleto tops the official Power Rankings in Hungary, his standout P6 performance didn’t go unnoticed 🇭🇺
🦋 A recognition from F1 itself, and one more sign of how far he’s come this season
Via @F1
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📊 Quali head-to-head 2025
🇧🇷 Bortoleto 10 – 6 🇩🇪 Hülkenberg
Rookie season and already leading the fight 👏
Proof of consistency against a seasoned veteran 🔥
#F1 #ItalianGP
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End of Q3 ✅
P8 Bortoleto 🇧🇷
An incredible performance from the rookie in Q3! 🌟
#F1 #ItalianGP
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🚨 Big moves in the paddock.
Wolff Zimmermann and Lars Schmidt will leave Ferrari to join Audi.
Zimmermann, currently leading Ferrari’s 2026 power unit project, will move once his work in Maranello is completed.
[@Auto_Racer_it]
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🎙️ Speaking to The Independent, Audi CEO Gernot Döllner explained the reasoning behind the team’s driver choices for their F1 project:
“Nico Hülkenberg was already decided when I came, and then we decided to be courageous and pick a young driver, and I think we picked the best rookie, Gabriel Bortoleto. He's just an outstanding talent in combination with being such a hard worker.”
#F1 #AzerbaijanGP #Audi
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🇧🇷 Rafael Câmara is your 2025 Formula 3 Champion! 🏆
Clinches the title with one round to spare — total domination in a stacked rookie field.
A huge achievement for the Brazilian talent.
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🚨 We want to clarify an earlier post regarding Gabriel Bortoleto’s words.
It was a misunderstanding in translation. His actual statement was:
“Cadillac is a big team and has its goals. Doesn’t fit me to judge anyone’s decisions, but Felipe is a great friend of mine and I think he deserves a chance.”
We apologize for the error — in the future we’ll show more care and respect with confirmations. 🙏
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🇳🇱 Zandvoort update
Sauber will race under “Kick Sauber” next weekend. Dutch advertising rules prohibit Stake-branded entries.
The casino naming and logos come off the team, cars and suits.
Second time this year after Belgium.
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In 2023, Qatar also ran under a strict stint limit after Pirelli identified structural concerns on the tyres. The FIA capped the number of laps per set, forcing teams into very short, all-out stints with no room for tyre management.
The combination of relentless pace and extreme heat turned it into one of the most demanding races of the season. Several drivers finished visibly exhausted after pushing every lap in brutal conditions.
🚨 BREAKING: Pirelli confirms the Qatar guidelines — a 25-lap cap per tyre set and two mandatory pit stops for the race.
#F1
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🚨 Wheatley on Verstappen, delivering a direct and ambitious message as he outlines the calibre of driver he believes should define Audi’s future.
“Yes, I want Max Verstappen to drive our car, what kind of team principal would I be if I didn't want that?"
“I'm in the fortunate position of having been friends with Max for a long time, but also with his father, Jos, and manager, Raymond."
[📰 De Telegraaf]
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📊 Bortoleto’s F2 results at the final four 2025 F1 venues
F2 doesn’t visit every F1 circuit. Of the 10 rounds still to come, Bortoleto has F2 mileage at four of them:
🇮🇹 Monza - P1 🥇
🇦🇿 Baku - P4
🇶🇦 Qatar - P3 🥉
🇦🇪 Yas Marina - P2 🥈
Three podiums out of four.
These are the final four races of the season. Bortoleto already knows the circuits and will be fully adapted to the C45.
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Reports say Audi’s 2026 PU is more powerful than expected — some say that means little for now.
The unit’s still in development, numbers will keep changing.
What’s certain is Audi didn’t step into F1 blindly: Le Mans, WEC, R18 e-tron… they’ve done hybrid before. 👀
🚨 BREAKING: Audi’s F1 power unit is reportedly more powerful than expected.
Rumours suggest the combustion engine has surpassed the 400 kW barrier — exceeding 540 hp. ⚙️
For comparison, Mercedes’ PU is said to reach around 420 kW (≈571 hp).
[@Motorsport_IT]
#F1
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📊 2024 vs 2025 — the turnaround.
From 4 points in 24 races last year to 53 in just 14 this season.
Kick Sauber’s step forward is clear: sharper execution, faster car, and drivers delivering.
10 races still ahead.
The target is higher, the momentum is ours, and the season’s defining chapters are yet to be written.
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💫 It all started in 2022, when Fernando Alonso welcomed a young Gabriel Bortoleto into A14 Management, not just guiding his steps, but believing in his future. A mentor’s care, a champion’s trust.
This weekend, they finished side by side: Alonso in P5, Bortoleto in P6.
From mentorship to shared achievement.
The proud glance, the mutual respect, a moment that speaks louder than words.
📸 via @KymIllman
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🇧🇪 Spa – Sauber’s Last Best Result:
🇸🇪 2018: Marcus Ericsson scored P10
🇧🇷 2025: Gabriel Bortoleto finishes P9
Sauber hadn’t scored at Spa since 2018
Bortoleto ends the drought
📸 via @stakef1team_ks
#F1 #BelgiumGP
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🇪🇸 Testing in Barcelona is expected to feature early-spec versions of the 2026 cars — a simpler baseline package that helps teams validate reliability and gather core data before bringing any real upgrades.
🚨 Audi is set to run an initial power unit in Montmeló that will differ significantly from the one planned for Australia, focusing on mileage, systems checks and early integration work.
[@wearetherace]
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Gabriel Bortoleto has now outqualified Nico Hülkenberg in 7 consecutive races. 🦋
He also leads their qualifying head-to-head 11-6.
#F1 #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿
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