Overview

• Adidas and Audi confirmed a partnership that will outfit the future Audi F1 team from 2026, covering all team clothing.
• Bild reports the apparel deal is worth about €25 million per year, a figure not officially disclosed by the companies.
• Italian media report Audi has recruited long-serving Ferrari figures Wolf Zimmermann and Lars Schmidt for its works effort, with start dates not yet clear.
• Nico Hülkenberg said a first Grand Prix victory remains his goal and called 2026’s technical reset a key opportunity, while tempering expectations about immediate frontrunning.
• Rookie Gabriel Bortoleto voiced long-term title ambitions and praised Hülkenberg’s influence, as recent form includes Hülkenberg’s first podium at Silverstone and a Monza DNS from a hydraulic fault.