Overview
- Provisional ADUO allocations circulated in mid‑June have reportedly given Audi the maximum two upgrades this season while other manufacturers received smaller entitlements.
- Red Bull challenged the provisional ranking, prompting the FIA to recheck in‑car torque‑sensor data and delaying formal publication and use of ADUO entitlements.
- Audi’s Mattia Binotto says the extra homologation upgrades, dyno hours and scaled cost‑cap allowances will be a medium‑to‑long‑term benefit rather than an immediate power boost.
- Commentators and some teams say the ADUO metric is too narrow because it measures only combustion engine kilowatts and ignores battery and ERS factors, which creates scope for gaming and paddock disputes.
- Further FIA review windows after the Hungarian and Mexico City Grands Prix and a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Macau will decide whether the allocations are ratified or the ADUO methodology is changed.