Umkhiqizi wezimoto waseJalimane u-Audi uzokwenza okokuqala ngqa kuFormula 1 ngo-2026 njengomhloli wenjini, u-CEO uMarkus Duesmann umemezele engqungqutheleni yezindaba e-Spa-Francorchamps eceleni kweBelgian Grand Prix ngoLwesihlanu.
I-Audi izohoxa enjinini yayo eyi-hybrid eNeuburg an der Donau eBavaria, eJalimane, futhi izohlangana neqembu le-F1 "elizomenyezelwa ekupheleni konyaka," kuchaza uDuesmann.
Ngokusho kwabezindaba abakhethekile, lo mfelandawonye ungavalwa neSauber, okwamanje encintisana ne-Alfa Romeo futhi enezinjini zeFerrari. I-Audi ijoyina iMercedes, Ferrari, Renault kanye neRed Bull (nobuchwepheshe beHonda) njengomkhiqizi wenjini.
Lesi simemezelo siza ezinsukwini eziyishumi ngemuva kokugunyazwa, yi-FIA World Motor Sport Council, yomthetho wezinjini ezintsha kusukela ngo-2026.
“Umzuzu ophelele ngemithetho emisha: I-F1 iyashintsha ngendlela esiyishiye ngayo, ngogesi obaluleke kakhulu” enjinini eyingxubevange, kwathuthukiswa uDuesmann, okhona eBelgium kanye noStefano Domenicali, umphathi weFormula 1, kanye U-Mohammed Ben Sulayem, umongameli we-International Automobile Federation (FIA).
Izinjini, ama-hybrids asuka ku-2014, azothambekela kusukela ngo-2026 ekwenyukeni kwamandla kagesi futhi azosebenzisa u-100% wezibaseli ezisimeme, okuyisidingo somkhiqizo waseJalimane.
I-Audi, njengeqembu lakwaVolkswagen lilonke, izibophezele ekushintsheni kubuchwepheshe bukagesi, futhi ifuna ukukhombisa umbukiso we-F1 wenqubekelaphambili nezifiso zayo eziluhlaza.
Amathuba okumisa iqembu kusukela ekuqaleni anqatshiwe futhi konke ngoba kukhombisa ukuthi, ngokubambisana noma ngokuthenga, isango elikhulu le-Audi eliya ku-F1 kuzoba elohlaka lwaseSwitzerland lwe-Sauber, okwamanje esebenza njenge-Alfa Romeo.
Ngemuva kwesimemezelo sakwa-Audi, iPorsche kuzomele imemezele maduze ukungena kwayo eqenjini elicokeme kwezezimoto. Njengengxenye yomkhiqizo olahlekelwe yiqembu lakwaVolkswagen, uDuesmann wacacisa ukuthi kuzoba “nezinhlelo ezihluke ngokuphelele”, nesakhiwo se-Audi eJalimane kanye nokusebenza okuyisisekelo kwePorsche e-United Kingdom.
Lokhu kunemba kuvula umnyango wokubambisana okungenzeka phakathi kwe-Porsche ne-Red Bull, ngokuthengwa kwama-50% weqembu lase-Austria.
