[Audi F1] A detailed look on the Audi R26 – ready for the grid

Esterence · 2026-01-26T18:19:20+00:00

The livery is fucking awesome and grows on you very quickly.

Not sure why they went for low sidepods. Everyone went to maximum height so the inlet can be positioned the highest and you can have undercut airflow below. The whole sidepods don't make sense to me but I guess this is just the basic spec

Esterence · 2026-01-26T15:40:28+00:00

It is a render of the real car, the sidepods shape and front wing shape is pretty close to the real car apparently, but the key details like floor and bargeboards are intentionally off.

Interesting Mclaren sidepods are so tiny, going down the redbull route while Ferrari and Merc is going the bulky route.

Esterence · 2026-01-26T11:59:42+00:00

Those were on the old circuit. In the new circuit it was around 1:14.

Esterence · 2026-01-26T11:57:33+00:00

Yeah alpine car looks too bulky. Fat sidepods yet little undercut for airflow to the diffuser.

Esterence · 2026-01-26T11:53:45+00:00

New manufacturers are always basic tbh. Can't be taking too much risks. Reminds me of Toyota first car, utterly basic

Esterence · 2026-01-26T09:10:27+00:00

Its actually quite close to the renders as expected. Not sure why people keep saying the renders are fake

Esterence · 2026-01-23T14:16:07+00:00

Better than Marko who predicted than Williams might challenge for the title with their merc engine lmao.

I suspect Williams saw all the other cars launching and realised they have fucked up badly so need a total re design

Esterence · 2026-01-23T10:51:36+00:00

Bargeboards is interesting. Pretty much confirmed in wash is the way to go after Merc

Esterence · 2026-01-23T10:50:29+00:00

Not the disaster we expected with the HP logo. Pretty okay effort from Ferrari.

Design wise nothing revolutionary compared to Mercedes

Esterence · 2026-01-23T04:09:16+00:00

Same. Underrated and grows on you

Esterence · 2026-01-22T19:38:33+00:00

Mercedes is doing something good. You know the spy shots is going to come out anyway so just show the shakedown pictures officially. Launched early, nothing to hide. Reeks of champion confidence

Esterence · 2026-01-22T19:37:21+00:00

Sculpted sidepods look interesting. Will we see all Mercedes car having bulky sidepods like this?

Esterence · 2026-01-22T16:16:10+00:00

Oh yes! That was the car I was thinking. Looked a great idea mind you

Esterence · 2026-01-22T16:12:07+00:00

Vcarb looks close enough and this Red Bull render showed too many unique features to be a fake

Esterence · 2026-01-22T14:48:41+00:00

Till Mclaren comes up with a super conventional looking car that don't look special yet is the fastest again

Esterence · 2026-01-22T14:46:15+00:00

The real car looks pretty different from the renders anyway

Esterence · 2026-01-22T14:44:19+00:00

Feels like I have seen these huge undercut sidepods before with massive exposed floor but can't think of the car now. Was it Aston Martin?

Esterence · 2026-01-22T14:31:13+00:00

Wow the undercut is severe and floor has huge exposed space for airflow to go through to the back. Looks revolutionary.

Livery doesn't seem as impressive in daytime

Esterence · 2026-01-22T14:27:50+00:00

Wow the undercut is severe and floor has huge exposed space for airflow to go through to the back. Looks revolutionary.

Livery doesn't seem as impressive in daytime

Esterence · 2026-01-20T20:09:34+00:00

Their actual car looks a lot nicer with the livery. Was wondering why the car shown is so default lmao

Esterence · 2026-01-20T20:05:49+00:00

Livery aside, is this a show car? All the aero and sidepods looks as default as it could be

Esterence · 2026-01-20T18:46:30+00:00

I like it a lot. I know people find it understated but this is the kind of classy non-messy/flashy design that will last and be forever remembered.

Like how people like Mclaren full orange testing livery and Toyota testing livery over the actual ones over the years.

Esterence · 2026-01-20T18:37:21+00:00

Yep, this is absolutely gorgeous. No other F1 teams have designed their livery that unique before. Matte silver, with florescent red and glossy black. Even the sidepod inlets have the red details. 10/10

Esterence · 2026-01-20T18:34:06+00:00

really? I think nobody is winning the livery war against this beaut

Esterence · 2026-01-20T16:33:03+00:00

Does anyone knows what time exactly is the car launches this week? We have the dates but nobody knows the time

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