Umenzi wemoto waseJamani u-Audi uya kwenza i-Formula 1 yokuqala ngo-2026 njengomvavanyi we-injini, i-CEO uMarkus Duesmann ubhengeze kwinkomfa yeendaba e-Spa-Francorchamps ecaleni kwe-Belgian Grand Prix ngoLwesihlanu.
I-Audi iya kuhoxiswa kwi-injini yayo ye-hybrid e-Neuburg an der Donau eBavaria, eJamani, kwaye iya kujoyina imikhosi kunye neqela le-F1 "eliza kubhengezwa ekupheleni konyaka," kuchaza uDuesmann.
Ngokutsho koshicilelo olukhethekileyo, olu manyano lunokuvalwa ngeSauber, okwangoku ekhuphisana njengeAlfa Romeo kwaye ineenjini zeFerrari. Abakwa-Audi bazibandakanya noMercedes, Ferrari, Renault kunye neRed Bull (nobuchwepheshe beHonda) njengomvelisi wenjini.
Esi sibhengezo siza kwiintsuku ezilishumi emva kokuvunywa, yi-FIA World Motor Sport Council, yommiselo kwiinjini ezintsha ukusuka ngo-2026.
"Ngumzuzu ogqibeleleyo kunye nemimiselo emitsha: utshintsho lwe-F1 ngendlela esiye sayishiya, ngombane obaluleke kakhulu" kwi-injini ye-hybrid, iphuhliswe i-Duesmann, ekhoyo eBelgium kunye noStefano Domenicali, umphathi weFomula 1, kunye U-Mohammed Ben Sulayem, umongameli we-International Automobile Federation (FIA).
Iinjini, ii-hybrids ezivela kwi-2014, ziya kuthambekela kwi-2026 ukunyuka kwamandla ombane kwaye ziya kusebenzisa i-100% yamafutha azinzileyo, imfuneko ye-brand yaseJamani.
I-Audi, njengeqela leVolkswagen xa lilonke, lizibophelele ekutshintsheni kubuchwepheshe bombane, kwaye lifuna ukubonisa umboniso weF1 wenkqubela phambili kunye namabhongo.
Ithuba lokuseka iqela ukusuka ekuqaleni liye lakhatywa kwaye yonke into ngenxa yokuba ibonisa ukuba, mhlawumbi ngokusebenzisana okanye ukuthenga, isango le-Audi elinokwenzeka kwi-F1 liya kuba lelo sakhiwo saseSwitzerland se-Sauber, esisebenza ngoku njenge-Alfa Romeo.
Emva kokubhengezwa kwe-Audi, i-Porsche kufuneka ibhengeze ukungena kwayo kwi-elite ye-motorsport. Njengenxalenye yophawu olulahlekileyo kwiqela leVolkswagen, uDuesmann wachaza ukuba kuya kubakho "iinkqubo ezahlukeneyo ngokupheleleyo", kunye nesakhiwo se-Audi eJamani kunye nesiseko sokusebenza kwePorsche eUnited Kingdom.
Oku kuchanekileyo kuvula umnyango wentsebenziswano enokwenzeka phakathi kwePorsche kunye neRed Bull, ngokuthengwa kwe-50% yeqela lase-Austrian.
