Formula 1 | McLaren and Audi together from 2026, Brown confirms: "We talked"

In a long chat given to the newspaper Racer.com, Zak Brown spoke about the many rumors relating to a possible agreement between McLaren and Audi starting from the 2026 Formula 1 world championship, underlining how the parties involved have had several discussions over the last weeks.

According to what was declared by the CEO of the Woking team, the idea is currently only in an embryonic phase, given that nothing concrete has yet been signed or established, but the continuation of the discussions held up to now could be reserved for fans and fans of very interesting scenarios for the near future.

In recent weeks I have heard that Volkswagen is going to do something with Red Bull on the Porsche front." the McLaren CEO told Reuters. “I think they spoke to a few people on the grid and, as you can imagine, we had some discussions too. But there is nothing concrete in the short and medium term. In general I would say that we are happy with the position we are in."

“At the moment I don't think the Volkswagen group's entry into Formula 1 has been defined,” he added. “In any case we have a contract in place for this period. Clearly we will evaluate where we will be and who will be present in Formula 1. We will make a decision on 2026 in due course."