2026 Chinese Grand Prix: Preview

“He followed Gabi's performance from the garage, testament to the commitment to the team he showed since he joined.

We must not forget we are still at the beginning of our journey, so the focus remains on learning as much as possible and continuing to make progress from race to race: still, we already have some clear indications on the strengths and weaknesses of our package, and on what we need to work on to improve and close the gap to the front of the grid."

"Looking ahead to Shanghai, the Sprint format means we will have very limited practice time, so it will be important to make the most of the time we have on track – especially when there is still so much to learn about this new generation of cars."

It is also great to see F1 Academy returning to action, and we are proud to have Emma representing Audi Revolut F1 Team on the grid as she begins her second season in the series.”

"I don‘t want to focus on the disappointment of Melbourne, but rather on the positives from that event: we were competitive with both cars in every session, and this is something that gives us confidence going to China.

Shanghai is a very different track from Melbourne, and it will be interesting to see how these cars behave on the longs straights we’ll have this weekend. We will only have one practice session before Sprint Qualifying, so we will need to be ready from the first lap to make sure we’re towards the front of the midfield from the get-go."

"Looking at the track layout, Shanghai is a lot closer to some of the challenges we have experienced in Bahrain during pre-season, so we can hope to use some of those lessons to get a headstart for the only practice session we’ll do.

We will need to work hard and hit the ground running as we know how competitive the midfield is at this stage."