Audi has outlined a long-term development plan for its Formula 1 operation, centred on a new campus near its existing factory in Hinwil, Switzerland. The team said parts of the campus on Zurichstrasse began operating in summer 2026, with the full development scheduled to be completed in 2030.

The existing site on Wildbachstrasse is set to be redeveloped, while its wind tunnel will be kept. Audi’s engine development facility will remain in Neuberg, and the team will continue to run offices in Bicester. It established its UK satellite facility to recruit experienced staff who were unwilling or unable to relocate to Switzerland.

Audi CEO and team principal Mattia Binotto said the new campus would support recruitment and the team’s ambitions. “The campus will play an important role in helping us attract and retain world-class talent while providing the foundations required to achieve our long-term ambitions,” he said.

“Building a successful Formula 1 team is ultimately about people. The best engineers, designers, mechanics and specialists want to work in an environment that allows them to collaborate, innovate and perform at their highest level. The campus will help us create exactly that environment.”

Binotto said the project gave Audi an opportunity to shape the future of Audi Revolut F1 Team. “What makes this project particularly special is that it allows us to shape the future of Audi Revolut F1 Team from the ground up. Opportunities like this are rare in modern Formula 1.”

“We are not simply moving into an existing facility; we are creating a home designed around our people, our culture and our ambitions. This campus is an important part of that journey. We are proud that the next chapter of Audi Revolut F1 Team will be written in Hinwil and I would like place on record my thanks to the Municipality of Hinwil itself.”

Peter Sauber founded the team that bears his name in 1970 and based it in Hinwil. Sauber ran Mercedes’ sports car racing programme during the 1980s before entering Formula 1 in 1993. BMW bought the team in 2005 and sold it back to Sauber in 2009. Audi later acquired the operation in stages and took full control in January 2025.

The Hinwil facility has needed substantial investment after operating on what the source describes as the Formula 1 equivalent of a shoestring budget since BMW withdrew. The computational fluid dynamics cluster and wind tunnel both required substantial modernisation. The wind tunnel was paid for with money Mercedes provided to release Kimi Raikkonen from his Sauber contract so he could move to McLaren in 2002.

Based on reporting by Autosport.