Audi are going through a period of transition that is likely to define their first season in Formula 1, but they’ve got important decisions to make before their debut. Senior Audi personnel decided that continuing with Andreas Seidl as their head of F1 operations was the wrong direction to take and replaced the former McLaren team principal. Mattia Binotto was hired in his place and the Italian has already made moves to start improving the staff around him. Jonathan Wheatley will arrive from Red Bull to take over as team principal as his experience will be vital. However, Audi also need to con…