Berger now linked with Lauda-style F1 Audi team role
Dec.21 - F1 legend Gerhard Berger is being lined up as a Niki Lauda-style figurehead for Audi's works Formula 1 foray from 2026.
With Frederic Vasseur heading to Ferrari, Audi's 2026 partner Sauber - currently Alfa Romeo - has already installed the formerly VW-linked McLaren boss Andreas Seidl as its new CEO.
A team boss is yet to be named.
Gerhard Berger
But when Berger was linked with the role having recently stepped away from his role in charge of the German touring car series DTM, he denied that he would return full-time to motor racing.
However, La Gazzetta dello Sport now reports that Berger's prospective role at Audi might in fact not be full-time - in the image of Mercedes' late non-executive chairman and triple world champion Lauda.
"The Austrian has the managerial skills and charisma for the world championship," said correspondent Andrea Fani, citing Volkswagen sources.
"The hypothesis is that he would become a super consultant like Lauda was at Mercedes."
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Gerhard would be a brilliant selection, with his great pedigree in F1 and also the DTM! He also has a sense of humour, which seems absent with some of those at that level.
I was hoping he may take over at Ferrari, but I guess he is too smart for that task! He knows the Ferrari problems only too well. A great talent like Gerhard should not be allowed to go to waste! Not that I get a say, but he's got my vote for Audi!
Thinking that way, hed be fine to take over from Christian at Merc then
Berger compared to Lauda??? I'm lmao