Why Audi’s (part)-selling its F1 team already

[@josefernandez6226]

Carlos Sainz's decision to sign with Williams makes more sense all the time......

[@deepaksrinivasmondal]

Some people were behaving as if he is the stupidest driver on the grid for choosing Williams over Audi and Alpine.

[@Leith_Crowther]

Devil’s advocate, Williams is in a really bad place, too. They’ve got a little pace with these new upgrades, but the crash damage this year is gonna be crippling. Without some miracle I think they’re gonna trend to right back to the bottom.

[@JordanHarris]

We wanted him in the RedBull.

[@Hungary_0987]

​@@Leith_CrowtherLittle pace? Williams is the fastest it has been all season

[@Leith_Crowther]

@@Hungary_0987I know! How sad is it that THIS is the fastest they ever been all season? 😔

[@connorappleton1945]

Vasseur and Binotto really did a UNO swap

[@purwantiallan5089]

And somehow Vasseur got the better UNO REVERSE CARD.

[@maticsajovic3142]

I Will bellieve Audi Will join F1, when they show up on FP1 in Bahrain 2026.

[@tyronnezx]

I think we will see Toyota before Audi

[@psk5746]

I won't believe it until the start lights go out and they start the race

[@carnutzomari]

And me 😂

[@Mr_Nick57]

Car reveal and testing 🤨

[@GoldenEDM_2018]

Nah i would only believe it when one of their drivers win a gran prix until then call me unconvinced

[@pudds]

Good thing F1 blocks Cadillac while these clowns are collapsing before participating in a single race.

[@fastfolky]

Yeah, that's a good point. This make the Cadillac case even more absurd.

[@MrSniperfox29]

They haven't blocked Cadillac, in fact they want Cadillac Unfortunately Cadillac will not be ready until 2028 at the earliest (which they flat out admitted) and just having them as a sponsor is something FOM is not interested in. Facts always get in the way of things, don't they

[@markmilne213]

Nobody is blocking Cadillac,they are welcome to invest in any team they like

[@djoetma]

They blocked Andretti, not Cadillac/GM. If GM comes with a bid without Andretti (which is a really small company that never proved anything in terms of being able to build a car themselves and did all those specseries with a third of the amount of people the very cut down Williams had a couple of years ago when they were struggling for survival), it's very likely to be accepted. But they never did. They were only in the Andretti project for a mere 200 million, which is nothing.

[@alexanderlane2971]

Do you mean andretti... Cadillac are welcome to do what they want

[@506thLittleberry]

At this point I'm just waiting for the video that announces Peter Sauber's take over of the team as Audi pulls out.

[@haroldhampton3601]

I see you've heard this story before.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

😭 All of that effort, killing off every other Motorsports program, there's no way.

[@petertownsend2255]

Peter will be back ..again😂

[@Wurmloecher]

this man only wants to enjoy his pension. but sure, audi will mess up everythng and lay people off, so somebody will need to save the team again after the germans are through...

[@thrillathakilla]

But too late to change the name on the entry sheet like last time. they'll be Audi Sauber - Ferrari

[@fallenshallrise]

Holy sh!t VW... everyone who said "I'll believe it when I see it" about an Audi on the grid is feeling like a genius right now.

[@jarofflies1]

It's funny how F1 changed his engine rules for 2026 just to attract the VW group in. Porsche ran off and Audi is selling a part 😂

[@DesertObserver491]

The wise fans always did say don't rely on Mnfrs from historical evidence and focus on passionate private racing teams like the old days (McLaren, Williams, Ferrari, Sauber, etc). Should've let Andretti in.

[@jarofflies1]

@DesertObserver491 agree

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

They never learn!!

[@nodo7575]

That's what happens when you bend over to accomodate clowns.

[@josesammut9396]

W ​@@DesertObserver491

[@rhollyday]

Looks like Christian Horner was correct to object to giving Porsche 51% control of Red Bull Racing as Mateschitz wanted.

[@mariandanila5896]

germany is going turkish

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@mariandanila5896or even doing like Minardi 1990s again.

[@W-meme]

​@@mariandanila5896wdym by that?

[@odin4227]

Its funny that Porsche thought they could rock up and buy a controlling interest of a championship winning team

[@LuisTrey]

He won’t be correct once Red Bull begins failing alongside Ford. They’re already on a decline with the simple departure of Adrian Newey.

[@irishskier9432]

This is why no one takes vw group seriously in F1. You can see now why sainz chose williams. Also how was andretti deemed "not a serious competitor", however this joke of VAG group coming in welcomed with open arms. Gone are the days of privateer teams. The culture of the sport is dying, large american investment groups or questionable middle east state investments, instead of privateer teams. wasnt the cost cap introduced to make the sport more sustainable? instead we are getting investment from nation states.

[@Limegreenedragon]

And F1 has learned absolutely nothing from the BMW years. Those who don't learn from the past, are condemned to repeat it

[@irishskier9432]

@@Limegreenedragon completely agree

[@AndrewTSq]

I think they have gone too hard with EV's and lost a lot of money.

[@soundscape26]

The VW Group is having problems elsewhere including closing factories and cutting thousands of jobs so I'm sure the unions wouldn't take investing heavily in F1 that kindly

[@xavierpanohaya2647]

Andretti was different, but sure, keep yapping.

[@Muddysmind]

This is sad, Peter Sauber and his team deserve better than this mess.

[@_Ben4810]

With the Qataris possibly getting involved with Sauber, the meddling, cronyism, nepotism, & general air of unpleasantness that pervades any Qatari ownership of an organisation will absolutely desteoy this team...

[@KuchingKingVideoGamer]

@@_Ben4810 Nah!McLaren is doing well even if it's owned by kingdom of Bahrain..It performed better Alpine and Williams 🤣🤣🤣

[@marklipsinic7916]

The case against the "Uncompetitive" Andretti/Cadillac team joining F1 gets weaker and weaker.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

There was never any strength behind the anti-Andretti thing. I don't understand it. The only reason I can see is the teams not wanting to end up with 1/11th instead of 1/10th of the prize fund. Not that they get equal shares anyway. You'd think Liberty/FOM would be scrambling to get a big name American team in the field and would be prepared to proportionally increase the fund to make up for it, because they'll be getting a whole load more than that from new US fans! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ronbelanger4113]

When is GM's power plant ready for testing?

[@Explosivo93]

We could've had the Audi LMDh and Audi R8 GT3 in WEC but now we got this mess

[@CYMotorsport]

4:19 it’s almost like they knew it the FIA and FOM wouldn’t be stoked about their entry if they didn’t fully commit publicly but instead revealed their plan to pump and dump their stake capitalizing on their name and unique ability to be able to play in this space which almost no other manufacturer could do - see Cadillac. They’ve been doing this stuff for years most ppl our age can recall multiple times now they’ve done this

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

I miss your content on here man 👍 thanks for the great videos.

[@Amphibiousmage]

This channel is so good at making a big deal out of the smallest developments.

[@soundscape26]

That's how you keep a KZbin channel going

[@ericsternwood9812]

The comment section doesn't help either.

[@florisbackx1744]

I love at about 3 minutes everything has been said, yet they just keep rehashing the same point over and over or go to a completely seperate point just to get over the 10 minute mark. Must be some kind of algorithm thing ; )

[@THE1729SR]

So, true. It is not like they are selling it to some car company who wants to be in F1. They are selling to QATAR SOVERIGN FUNDS , it mostly will be for drumming off investment and increasing company value( as they said it again and again , and still didn't understand what they were saying ) . Everyone knew they were going need money , and these are multi-billion dollars deal, even if a team is all in on F1 they surely will want to mitigate risk by not putting all there money in. And about control, we don't even know what kind of contract they are forming, it just might be for profit sharing and using the QATAR SOVERIGN FUNDS TO get better sponsors. Rather then involving them in the decision making process. RACE, puts out 10 videos , at most 1 of them is worth watching everything else is just fluff.

[@aberamagold7509]

​@@florisbackx1744 It's so the video can have _ads/be monetized._

[@seanonraet8327]

didn't know binotto had signed Rueda. I'm happy to see the master plan is still alive and well

[@vivolimo1137]

As a German i am worried about Audi.

[@darklegion7780]

I think you have to worry for the entire germany at this point ..i'm from europe and things are not looking good. Scholz destroyed germany . He should be put in prison. Merkel to

[@jondonnelly3]

VAG are failing. Cars don't have the quality they once had and too expensive as well.

[@vivolimo1137]

@ that is true

[@psk5746]

Lots of existing car companies have no future. Chinese brands are taking over. Not all Chinese brands will make it too I suspect

[@KevKlopper]

As a german I am worried about germany in general.

[@tas1kaaaaax]

Binotto hiring the old Ferrari strategy boss, oh boy :D

[@ergoproxy-gx2cq]

Oh god this is sooo bad. Sbinalla is back on the menu.

[@LorenzoCorrado19]

They don't trust Binotto Master🅱️lan...

[@cuttululu]

🅱️ortoleto, s🅱️innala

[@ChrisMisMYhandle]

Haha,I've missed these comments!

[@LucPoken]

Should've sign Otmar instead of him

[@alexthehunted]

Thank god andretti not getting accepted clearly this is way more professional

[@NewtypeCommander]

I can practically taste the sarcasm dripping from your comment.

[@djoetma]

Well it should tell you something that if even Audi is struggling, what would a far less funded party do with way less experience in non-spec series motorsport?

[@tarettime9392]

@@djoetmaeveryone makes a big deal out of them competing in spec series like they aren’t also doing a massive amount of track data collection and data analysis of the way the cars performing. Spec doesn’t mean identical cars all the way through. They still have to set them up the way they want them to which can give a performance advantage. They might not have the history of engine development for example but neither does Audi. Andretti has a long history in Motorsport and know how to organize and run a team. They also have Cadillac gm behind them which has a history in non spec series.

[@NicotineRosberg]

@@NewtypeCommander wow u do like to taste things that’s dripping huh

[@takumifujiwara13954]

​@@tarettime9392people will just cherry pick "facts" to support their ignorance.

[@radomiriz]

I have been banging this drum for years - if I see two Audi cars on the '26 grid I will be astonished. VW are just out-and-out crooks.

[@gavalant366]

So basically, they pulled out of WEC, Dakar, TCR, and GT3 racing for an F1 team that isn't entirely theirs? So much for saving up all that budget by quitting everything else..

[@vr5lover]

Yeah technically Mercedes f1 teams isn’t owned by Mercedes as well but they gain a lot from there don’t they?

[@aizuddinfahmi9255]

Just let Andretti in already. At least they are willing to compete competitively.

[@pheatton]

Audi has some serious other issues to deal with. Sales are down and they are talking about a big layoff of 9k employees.

[@xavierpanohaya2647]

yeah, they said that in the video.

[@selder_7]

I really like that Stake/Kick’s introduction into F1 has been to be so monumentally bad that they’re on the cusp of being the first team in this regulation set to not score all year, couldn’t get Sainz and is making Audi think twice. A generational L of an F1 team, that’s the legacy Kick/Stake deserve

[@rrrated]

They should've stuck to WEC and GTs rather than ditching everything in favour of F1 where they might spend number of years at the back of grid.

[@djoetma]

They didn't ditch it in favor of F1.

[@williamdavidlucas]

@@djoetma yes they did?

[@LimitPro1]

​@@djoetma they did

[@xavierpanohaya2647]

@@djoetma they did.

[@djoetma]

@williamdavidlucas No, they were gone years ago back in 2016. Therr was an LMDh project, but that's basically a specseries car like what BMW and Porsche are running and not a true LMH like Ferrari and Toyota have, which means very little development had to be done and they didn't throw away much. The whole proces took from announcing entering in late 2020 until announcing the cancelation if the project in August 2022. So that's less than two years for an almost complete car. Also it was done together with Porsche who runs the same Multimatic basis (who would also build the Audi car).

[@stunimbus1543]

Audi should have kept Zhou Guanyu - he came with sponsorship money

[@aberamagold7509]

The problem is he's the slowest driver in F1

[@Kittysune12]

@@aberamagold7509 when he fast he forgot how to shift up during start

[@T_Mo271]

Audi has money. That's not the problem.

[@gazingsky7987]

@@aberamagold7509 Anyone would be the slowest if they drive a tractor and a pit crew that give you average 5 sec pit stops.

[@AbcdEfgh-sq2tf]

​@@T_Mo271 that's not the case according to the video

[@Twmpa]

Volkswagen Group currently have debts of around £170 billion - it is one of the most indebted companies on the planet. How on earth can they justify bankrolling a new F1 team? I still fail to believe they will ever enter a race.

[@Kevinjimtheone]

Because it could help them accelerate their hybrid and aero know-how. They don’t need to cut jobs. They just need to make better and cheaper cars.

[@Twmpa]

@@Kevinjimtheone Selling cheap, simple petrol and diesel cars to the masses no longer seems to interest any Western manufacturer.

[@RenM]

It is not classical debt. All major car manufactures have big debts, because of their leasing and financing divisions. The debts from leasing are well covered. Thats why the companies have excellent credit ratings despite their at face value huge debts.

[@Wacky_Races]

@@Kevinjimtheone Rubbish. Companies don’t need F1 to make better hybrids. Toyota has been doing it for years and has no F1 programme. Or BMW. Or Citroen.

[@kevmscotland]

I'm sure Peter Sauber would buy his shares back at half the price. :D

[@fallenshallrise]

FR. That guy is a multi-millionaire from buying low and selling high on his own team multiple times.

[@djoetma]

That man is in his 80s. But it's a good question who might be interested. Probably not a new manufacturer since apparently Hinwill isn't worth the investment. Longbow was only part of the deal because of Ericsson's Tetra Pak connection.

[@numaerislam9409]

Might wanna call up Andretti now

[@AutomHeshA7]

so you say...Audi is doing a U turn and having a share partner in the cost of the team, then highlight 3-4 other teams that do the exact same thing...but more? I don't get the concern grandstanding..?

[@DrDoohickey]

Why does the FIA do this? They put up every conceivable obstacle in front of a new team like Cadillac, and yet VW's persistent flakiness is no problem at all.

[@simonkevnorris]

They didn't block Cadillac they blocked Andretti.

[@DrDoohickey]

@simonkevnorris Potatoes, po-tah-toes.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

@@DrDoohickey oh trust me; that distinction makes a lot more of a difference than you think. Do you know how much F1 would be drooling at the sight of Cadillac in F1? They would be ecstatic. They just don’t want Andretti in the sport. I’m telling u tho; if Cadillac were to enter F1 as the 11th team without Andretti, the red carpet would be rolled out for them almost immediately

[@DeathBlocks]

Because they can't tell Sauber who they are allowed to sell their asset to. And also this is not as doom and gloom as some make it out to be.

[@deabreu.tattoo]

oh, Binotto is calling the old Ferrari strategist? god have mercy on their souls....

[@DontuseGoogleorWiki]

And ppl wondered why Sainz turned them down! 😂

[@huskiegaming_]

Should’ve stuck with the LMDh and GT3 programs 🤷‍♂️

[@dontwannaname]

Thank goodness the FIA hasn't bent over backwards to get the VW group onto the grid 🤦‍♂

[@detoowang]

The only thing Audi being serious in F1 is corporate speech, masterclass 👏

[@DanH-u3f]

They should sell to Andretti.

[@camrsr5463]

Penske is going to do it! Penske F-1 push!

[@T_Mo271]

Penske is too smart to let the F1 nut cases tell him what he can do.

[@ZeroHedgehog1996]

Audi didn't take this F1 project seriously since day 1

[@Limegreenedragon]

Even Stevie Wonder could have seen that

[@Hungary_0987]

​@@Limegreenedragonfunny joke, love it!

[@ericsternwood9812]

Care to elaborate?

[@simonkevnorris]

I think it's the lack of investment so far. This is just dropping the team down in the order, although you can't get much lower.

[@ezmaze42]

Can't wait to see this team compete for p19 and p20🔥

[@rover-t]

There’s nothing like a good strategic plan- and this is nothing like it.

[@lcs_crr]

Daimler no longer exists as you referred to it. Its called Mercedes Benz group now.

[@hanshartfiel6394]

AUDI is only closing one factory and that is the one in Forest, Belgium. The eQ8 is being produced there and as those cars don't sell as much as was hoped it only makes sense to shut shop.

[@rarturoislasv6436]

What it starts wrong, goes wrong

[@Andrew-vx2ls]

Big manufacturers find F1 to be quite a struggle. Audi are in "good company". GM/Cadillac, if they have any sense, will stop listening to Andretti (remember 1993!) and work on more WEC or with a real hero, Mr Glickenhaus.

[@timmanto1022]

Cadillac instead of Audi would be crazy.

[@KuchingKingVideoGamer]

General Motors is in deep financial problems too 😂 It's sales in China where they earn 50% of their profits are down as Buick and Chevrolet sank hard against BYD,Chery,Geely and other domestic brands 😂

[@johnson2j]

When a project is struggling before it starts, it means that it doesn't look good

[@NormanStansfield1]

VW-Audi should focus on fixing their car business. VW is having to close factories in Germany. VW's German workers and German unions are stunned. Everybody wants to be in F1 just before a big recession. How many times have Honda left F1 due to recessions, oil shocks and other economic problems? Germany and Western Europe were wealthy over the past 25 years due to fairly cheap and reliable gas & oil from Russia.

[@DM-yj9qf]

this is a business deal. They want someone else to put up cash, so you sell a part of the team to private equity. That sets the new valuation for the property and then you go out and get an even bigger line of credit. literally every sports team in the world is cashing in like this.

[@sadatshaikh]

How expensive was Bortoll eto?

[@0ut0fafricaa]

1:29 I don’t agree with your analysis there. By buying a 100% stake they have full control on who else they bring into the project which is much better than having to placate an existing investor if they have specific investors they want to bring in. It makes perfect sense to diversify their investment by selling shares to eager investors.

[@ankhayratv]

"minority stake that leaves Audi in charge" "it's not a bad trade, in theory" DID we forget how Ron Dennis disappeared from McLaren? If they're unsure, there is someone that wants to get into Formula 1!

[@jkliao6486]

Are we sure we want the Ferrari Master🅱lan strategy?

[@nickfb92]

And yet, F1 still won’t let Andretti enter the fray

[@munaclassic4020]

And meanwhile Andretti is still fighting to join the grid as a fully independent team…

[@KuchingKingVideoGamer]

Andretti isn't really fully independent as its funded by American investment groups 😂😂

[@doughboi007]

GM should have been allowed to join.

[@chaitanyashinde7700]

Makes sense owning 100% F1 team by a car manufacturer seems very risky. The business model of Mercedes is something great, Mercedes gets the benefit of all the marketing it needs by having a team but Totto who knows F1 and what it means to race a motor car owns it 40%. Mercedes doesn’t have to worry about who is running and on point. More or less that is what we need across the paddock because car manufacturers doesn’t equal race car winning team. Obviously there is no perfect model for running an F1 team but definitely need diversifying risk across couple of stakeholders who knows a thing about F1.

[@PKWeaver74]

The fact that it costs upwards of £1 billion to buy an F1 team now just goes to show how bad inflation has got. In 2009 Brawn bought Honda for £1.

[@ankhayratv]

Sauber did 1 good thing: they made a clearly distinctive car. Bright green = Sauber But all those people now in charge say they are good at making and running F1 cars. It's time, in a few months, to show some potential.

[@Heisenberg_747]

I bet within 2-3 years Audi will fully sell the team. 😂 VW will never join F1

[@bonwatcher]

Laying off workers while investing more into F1 is a bad look. They have to continue because they already spent too much to back out now.

[@therocksince99]

So you are telling me, Audi gave up of a WEC return, to play part time f1 racing team ?

[@chrisriker8186]

I wonder if they were maybe expecting better performance out of this years and next years teams? In terms of the close constructors prize winnings I could see that making a big difference.

[@sankhadeepburman9709]

What is happening? I cant even understand how are they actually estimating their project is a failure?

[@shwetanksinha4316]

Aston Martin and a few other teams like mclaren also have part arab owners. audi is just using their model , audi will need a lot of money and currently audi are barely profitable ( profits fell by 100% this year ).

[@Leith_Crowther]

@@shwetanksinha4316Are you aware that you’re claiming Audi profits went from whatever they were last year to exactly $0.00 this year?

[@shwetanksinha4316]

@@Leith_Crowther i meant 90% sorry lol 😂

[@Leith_Crowther]

⁠​⁠@@shwetanksinha4316The number you were actually looking for was 45.8%. If you want to be dramatic and use a huge number like 90% SOMEWHERE, what you’ll want to do is mention that this year’s Q3 is down 90% from last year’s Q3. The whole year has been bad, but it hasn’t been THAT bad.

[@shwetanksinha4316]

@Leith_Crowther audi's parent VW set to layoff 30000 employees , it is as bad as it sounds

[@jaysuneakle]

I have more faith in a private team like Andretti coming in than a road car advertising team like Audi or Porsche. I personally don't think Audi will last long in the sport. Too many corporate bosses, too many chiefs

[@volleyballurrrr]

With the Sauber “S” on the car, and Audi after that… sounds like Saudi Arabia could get some free ad placement out of the deal 🤔

[@michaelpfister1283]

Every time I watch one of these videos about Audi's woes or how Andretti can't get any traction to get a new team into F1, I just get this feeling that F1 is and wants to remain a completely closed "elite" level sport. Just the old boys, no newcomers. Not a good look for the sport.

[@T_Mo271]

Of course it is an exclusive elite sport. That's the whole point.

[@ptda22]

it's a gentleman's sport...it wasn't meant for cowboys to race

[@EJ0107]

Just bring in Andretti

[@stevendickinson7249]

If there is so much money pouring into F1, surely we could have a couple of more teams?? Wasn't that part of the reason for the cost cap? Sustainability for new teams, not to enrich the 10 current teams. We need more cars on the grid. If there are only going to be 10 teams allowed then they should run 3 cars. Eg 2 cars could be branded Audi and a third branded VW or Skoda for a rookie seat?? 2 Aston Martins and a 3rd branded Honda for Yuki??

[@_que]

Hope Andretti GM buys in

[@mustavogaia2655]

I would call it Andretti Karma - for they way FIA rejected this bid, now it is nor sure there is 20 competitive cars.

[@augustinep6193]

Good video. Thanks.

[@rodrigomolinsky]

No problem

[@augustinep6193]

@@rodrigomolinsky Pfft. Stolen valour. What a FlAG.

[@rohitandley]

Since VW group aren't doing well,for the first time we are seeing closure of German plants, buggati brand was sold to rimac some years ago, audi exiting all motorsports and making an excuse to solely focus on f1, Lamborghini exited wec recently, VW and Skoda are exiting some markets. All in all these are not good sign and all sub brands should be worried.

[@kstxevolution9642]

this really is the German Jaguar

[@A.T.148-Scot-HK]

Audi and VW are having huge issues with sales being decimated in China by Chinese EVs. I think Audi deep down really wanted a driver like Zhou to do well and bring in all that extra publicity for their most important market, however, that didnt turn out the way they wanted. Now, they've dropped Zhou and this will just exacerbate the issue. People forget that Audi went into F1 to sell more cars.

[@boudewijn-]

I was looking forward to a buttonless piano black gloss f1 car, pitty! Now they have to continue that crap in their regular cars again…

[@rossrreyes]

The day I see a car with an Audi logo on the starting grid is the day I will actually believe Audi is truly in Formula One

[@Crippledsasquash]

F1 ownership and the running of the FIA needs a massive overhaul as saying GM can't join as an extra team when more seats are desperately needed. And then making certain main races in Europe rotate while they can't even sell tickets to a crappy street race in the us. And having to half the ticket price and still tickets are everywhere just shows how poorly it's run and bad decision are made.

[@charaznable1131]

I'm sorry this is not a red flag or a U turn as they're reporting, Audi being part of the VW group is having financial difficulties right now but when audi bought the F1 team they were in a cushy financial position, so considering the financial state has changed they saw an offer being made and took the opportunity ...... The main problem is this team is not made from ground up since what audi is usually used to and they could have handled the transition from a sauber team to audi team better, but considering they're doing this kinda for time first time they have made some serious errors, but considering there are teams like alpine who are barely surviving and lets not forget how williams were not performing for so many years, who just now have had an uptick in form that too minimal and not to mention after infusion of money by the investment group ...... This is F1, teams should be judged on 3 to 5 year timeline of performance , things will improve for the team but it will take time

[@jermainenowels9511]

Is it not concerning that there selling part of there team possibly ending up like McLaren?

[@vr5lover]

@@jermainenowels9511McLaren won the constructors. Looking at condition they’re the only team will end up well lol

[@stevejh69]

It is NOT an Audi!!

[@chineseredneck1211]

Why doesn't Andretti step in🤷

[@binkbonusgbr]

I can't wait to see how the old boys stack up against the rookies in each of their teams.

[@serenawatkins6875]

This is what happens when a team used to doing well in a lesser category of motorsport thinks it can waltz in to F1 and be competitive from the outset, but with the same mindset, management and technical and engineering knowhow from that lesser category (i.e. LMP1 sportscar racing). There’s certainly a well trodden pattern because Porsche, Peugeot, BMW, Toyota, all did ok in sportscar racing, but failed in F1, whether it be as a team or engine supplier. And Audi is struggling before they’ve even begun. Stick to sportcar racing Audi, you now know where your limitations are.

[@dilloncrain9111]

Every day i get more pissed that F1 won't allow more than 10 teams anymore. Andrettis team would be such a much more well run and all in investment.

[@derekbender]

I don’t feel like this is a real story until there’s an Audi branded car on the grid. No one in the wider audience sees anything Audi related on race day.

[@galaxypanda1288]

Meanwhile Andretti has the engine, the funding, the racing team knowledge, the test track, the facilities to build the car, AND US senator backing, and yet these teams that aren’t even sure if they want to be in the sport are allowed to go through. It’s laughable.

[@HorneJamesHorne79]

The last time I saw mismanagement this bad was after the acquisition of wtf1

[@davewhittles]

seems like VW are struggling a bit with its finances

[@donkeyk1988]

I love how Audi are outdoing Toyota in the incompetence stakes and haven’t even turned a wheel in anger yet. That honestly takes some doing!

[@Lazlum]

Audi could have gotten a serious TP like Steiner but they got Sbinnoto No wonder why Carlos prefered Williams. Its a shame since audi could make f1 more competitive

[@t.r.2283]

I think that having an f1 team is just a great perk to keep combustine engine engineers in the company.

[@Imikeh]

Man, a few months ago I was so looking forward to Audi's project, and hoping Sainz will hop on with them. How the tables turn...

[@ParvRanga]

It feels kinda sad to see sauber go from the the,like they are the one who had given future champions a seat like raikkonen,massa,leclerc,

[@mclarenscca]

I had a hunch this would happened, but I was really hoping for a pure Audi team, even tho I don't particularly care for the VW/AUDI group!

[@vandalsgarage]

But Andretti/Cadillac isn't ready to enter the grid. smh

[@herruu2499]

I don't really see a reason for Audi to develop the car before new regs, seems like a bad idea that could jeopardize the new reg period altogether. So it might be in their best interest therefore to tank until the new regs, focus like hell on them to maximize that new car. But whether VW group can do that is a matter for the on-coming year, I suppose.

[@selder_7]

Didn’t know McLaren was Bahrain owned, you’d think that’d encourage them to have a better car at the start of a season

[@scottjuhnke6825]

With all the issues Audi is having, one has to wonder if they will be on the grid at all.

[@TheRebuttal-e4h]

I was really hopeful, that Audi would do better than Porsche did when they entered F1 with only 1 win in their 57-64 stint but it seems that this experiment will go up in flames. Lousy management and I’m glad that Botas isn’t getting caught up in this mess.

[@IThee-hw8oj]

That's great for Andretti

[@yazgaroth]

Do you have a video about the details on who owns what for the entire grid?