Audi's R26 has been augmented with a very different sidepod design for the start of Bahrain's Formula 1 testing ahead of the 2026 season, following the team's conventional approach to the Barcelona running.<br>First seen with an inlet with a minor overbite in the Barcelona shakedown, the sidepods used there took more of an inwashing approach - the rear edge of the sidepods had been tucked in, with ...<a class='more' href='https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/audi-takes-radical-approach-with-2026-sidepods-in-bahrain-f1-test/10796631/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&utm_term=News&utm_content=uk'>Keep reading</a>