Audi Revolut F1 Team: Barcelona Grand Prix - Audi R26 #5, Gabriel Bortoleto

Motorsport

The four rings and motorsport: a strong combination. Audi has over a century’s worth of motorsport history and this lays the foundation for the brand’s success in the premium segment with sportiness, advanced technology and emotive design. From the early beginnings to the legendary silver arrows, the success with the quattro drivetrain in rallying, touring car racing, Le Mans, DTM, Formula E and the Dakar Rally, the four rings have triumphed with race victories and important championship titles with its motorsport projects. 2026 is the debut season for the Audi Revolut F1® Team in the FIA Formula 1® World Championship. In addition, the models from Audi Sport customer racing continue competing worldwide in the hands of customer teams, and Audi Sport racing legends offers selected historic racing cars from LMP and DTM for sale to collectors.

World Rally Championship

4

world titles

DTM

12

drivers’ titles

Le Mans 24 Hours

13

overall victories

Dakar Rally

1

overall victory

Audi in motorsport

Audi Revolut F1 Team: Barcelona Grand Prix - Audi R26 #27, Nico Hulkenberg

Formula 1®

A picture showing three historic Audi race cars side by side on a banked racetrack.

Motorsport history

A picture showing a red background design depicting speed with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro and Audi RS 5 DTM race cars alongside each other.

Audi Sport racing legends

Motorsport highlights

A picture showing an Auto Union Grand Prix race car at the Donington circuit in 1937.

The legendary silver arrows from Auto Union competed in Grand Prix racing from 1934–1939. Pictured: Bernd Rosemeyer taking victory at the 1937 Donington Grand Prix.

A picture showing the Audi Sport team celebrating the podium sweep victory at the 1984 Monte Carlo Rally.

Audi revolutionized rallying in the 1980s and continued to do so on the racetrack thereafter and into the 1990s. Pictured: Celebrations at the finish of the 1984 Monte Carlo Rally, a 1-2-3 victory for Audi. That season ended with the manufacturers’ title for Audi and the drivers’ title for Stig Blomqvist – making it a total of four rally world titles for Audi in the early 80s

A picture showing the Audi R18 e-tron quattro race cars crossing the finish line at the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours.

13 overall victories within 18 years, Audi’s endurance racing legacy at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Pictured: Audi Sport Team Joest winning Le Mans with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro in 2014

A picture showing two Audi RS 5 DTM race cars on track at the Hockenheim circuit.

From 1990 to 2020, Audi drivers have won twelve DTM drivers’ titles. Pictured: René Rast in the turbocharged Audi RS 5 DTM in 2020

A picture showing Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz celebrating their 2024 Dakar Rally victory.

In January 2024, Team Audi Sport together with Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz wrote history by winning the Dakar Rally with the Audi RS Q e-tron, the first car to do so with an alternative drivetrain

Audi makes its Formula 1 debut - Audi R26 #5, Gabriel Bortoleto

March 8, 2026, marks an unforgettable milestone for the four rings: Audi made its Formula 1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The company’s involvement in the pinnacle of motorsport highlights its transformation on and off the racetrack.