Audi 2026: Zehnder exit reported

Formula1.com, Autosport and Motorsport.com reported that long-time Sauber figure Beat Zehnder is set to leave Audi at the end of 2026.

Beat Zehnder is set to leave Audi at the end of the 2026 Formula 1 season, according to reports from Formula1.com, Autosport and Motorsport.com. The move has not been presented here as independently confirmed, and the source reports all placed his departure at the close of 2026.

Autosport and Motorsport.com reported that Zehnder’s spell with the Hinwil organisation will total 34 years. Both outlets said Peter Sauber hired him in 1988 for the company’s sportscar programme, before he later moved with Sauber into Formula 1.

Formula1.com referred to Zehnder as a long-serving Sauber figure. Across the reports, no reason for the planned exit was given. The change would mark the end of one of the longest continuous tenures at the same team in the Formula 1 paddock.