Audi has introduced that it has signed a technical partnership with oil and power big BP for its upcoming F1 challenge with Sauber.
The alliance will see BP provide Audi-Sauber with the essential 100% sustainable gasoline mandated for the 2026 rules.
However the partnership extends past gasoline, with BP’s lubricant model, Castrol, offering the group with a full vary of lubricants and greases. To additional solidify the collaboration, BP has secured distinguished advertising and marketing rights with the group for its BP, Castrol, and Aral (its German gasoline and retail model) labels.
The partnership will even embody the manufacturing of e-fluids, important for the environment friendly operation of the automobile’s hybrid parts.
This strategic alliance marks a major step for Audi because it prepares to enter Components 1 in 2026. By securing a dependable and skilled associate like BP, Audi goals to maximise its possibilities of success within the extremely aggressive world of Components 1.
It is value noting that BP has a earlier historical past in Components 1, having provided gasoline and lubricants to the Alpine group since 2017. The corporate’s expertise within the sport will undoubtedly be a invaluable asset to Audi’s F1 challenge.
“Audi and BP have at all times labored collectively efficiently in motorsport,” Audi F1 CEO Andreas Seidl stated.
“We’re delighted that we will take this particular partnership to the following degree in Components 1.
“Audi stands for ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ and BP and Castrol additionally aspire to ship the most effective applied sciences within the area of fuels and lubricants. It is a excellent match.
“It’s a sturdy sign for Audi’s future F1 manufacturing unit group that we have now been capable of set up this partnership at such an early stage.
“We sense the attraction of the Audi F1 Venture and what number of famend firms wish to work with Audi in Components 1.”
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Audi and BP are already effectively acquainted with one another. The 2 firms have been collaborating intently for a number of years, with BP supplying gasoline for the event of Audi’s V6 turbo hybrid next-generation F1 powertrain.
“There will likely be sturdy competitors within the area of sustainable fuels in Components 1 from 2026,” added Adam Baker, CEO of Audi Components Racing.
“In view of the high-performance potential, it was essential for us to begin our gasoline testing on the finish of 2022 with BP as our associate.
“The combustion course of is very complicated and might solely be optimised by creating the engine together with the gasoline properties.
“That’s why at Audi Components Racing, the place we’re effectively superior with Audi’s F1 energy unit growth, we use all three single-cylinder check benches allowed by the FIA rules intensively for gasoline growth.
“It’s spectacular what number of completely different gasoline variants we have now developed up to now as we put together for our 2026 race season. I’m satisfied that we’re completely positioned with BP and Castrol.”
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