Audi exit for Beat Zehnder reported for end of 2026
Autosport reported Beat Zehnder is set to leave Audi after the 2026 Formula 1 season, ending a 34-year association with the Hinwil operation.
Autosport reported that Beat Zehnder is set to leave Audi at the end of the 2026 Formula 1 season, in what remains an unconfirmed development based on the supplied information. If it happens, the departure would end a 34-year association with the Hinwil organisation.
According to the report, Zehnder joined Peter Sauber’s operation in 1988 as a mechanic in its sportscar programme. Autosport said he then moved with Sauber into Formula 1, tying his career to the Swiss team through its different identities before Audi’s planned works era.
No further details were confirmed in the supplied material about Zehnder’s next role or the timing of any formal announcement. On the information provided, the reported exit would mark the end of one of the longest-serving tenures at Hinwil.
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