The German marque announced it will join the sport as an engine manufacturer and is expected to strike a partnership with the Sauber team, currently running under the Alfa Romeo name and for whom it will provide full factory backing. F1 is enjoying a surge in popularity and had been attempting to encourage new manufacturers to enter the sport when considering its next set of engine regulations. If you think about Le Mans, DTM and Formula E, we have always been very active and very successful,” said Markus Duesmann, chairman of the Audi board.

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