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Binotto details Audi’s R26 weaknesses as F1 reality bites
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14/04/2026 at 10:4914/04/2026 at 10:52 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Audi F1 chief Mattia Binotto has delivered a blunt and revealing assessment of the manufacturer’s troubled start to life on the grid, laying bare the extensive performance issues plaguing the R26 –beginning with its underwhelming power unit. Beneath the polished exterior of its challenger lies a machine grappling with fundamental deficits, exposing just how steep the climb is for a team building its own F1 ecosystem from scratch. Audi’s struggles begin with its all-new engine program – an ambitious undertaking that was always expected to define the team’s early...
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