EXCLUSIVE: Valtteri Bottas on the prospect of racing for Audi in F1
On Friday Audi confirmed it will make its debut in F1 in 2026 and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:revealed plans for its first engine programm🌌e which will coincide with the next-generation of power unit regulations.&n𝓀bs𝔍p;
Although there was no news about a partner F1 team, Audi is expected to buy a majority stake in the Swiss-based Sauber team, whose current sponsorship deal with Alfa Romeo will 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:conclude at the end of nex꧙t season.
A decision on which team Audi will lꦍink up with will be announced by the en🤡d of the year.
Should Audi complete a takeover of Sauber as has been widely speculated, Bottas, who turns 33 on Sunday, could be part of the German manufacturer's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:driver line-up if hꦇe is still racin🔜g in F1 in four years.
Bottas described the news of Audi’s F1 entry as “exciting” during an exclusive interview with ltxcn.top just hours after the announcement was made.
Asked whether a potential cꦉollaboratioꦍn between Audi and Sauber would change his stance about his F1 future, Bottas replied: “The thing is, since the beginning of this year, I never had set myself any limits about when I will retire, let’s say.
“I definitely feel like I have many more years to come and I will stick around as long as I enjoy it and as long as I can still perform and have something to give to t🍎he sport. I can see that going for many, many years.
“I think it's exciting tha𝓀t there’s a new manufacturer coming into F1 bꦗut 2026 is still quite far away. We’ll see - you can ask me in one or two years!”
Bottas, a 10-time gran💃d prix winner, believes the Hinwil outfit has the potent𒁏ial to compete at the very front in F1.
“The step from last year to this year has been pretty solid, and now we just need to get back to the kind 🐠of form we hadꦦ at the beginning of the year,” said the Finn.
“But the potential is there. I’ve seen how much motivation it has created to score points, it’✨s really uplifted the team spirit in terms of the factory.&﷽nbsp;
“The team has everything it takes to be at the top, so that 🎀gives me 🎃hope for the future.”
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