German automobile producer Audi have introduced that they may set up a motorsport expertise centre within the UK forward of their Method 1 entry subsequent 12 months.
Sauber Motorsport is taking a significant step in its transition to turn into the Audi F1 manufacturing unit staff within the 2026 F1 season. The Hinwil-based squad has now introduced that it’s going to set up a brand new technical centre within the UK.
The Swiss outfit expects that the brand-new Sauber Motorsport Know-how Centre UK “will lengthen the staff’s presence and affect inside the world Method One panorama.”
The Know-how Centre supplies the staff “with entry to the world’s largest motorsport experience and expertise pool. Recognised because the birthplace of Method One, the UK is dwelling to most F1 groups and round 25,000 trade professionals.”
By creating this new facility, Sauber goals to strengthen its presence in ‘Motorsport Valley’ and set up a platform to collaborate with prime specialists and appeal to native engineering expertise for the Audi F1 Challenge.
This initiative is a key part of the Audi F1 Challenge’s long-term technique to boost and increase its technical capabilities.
Sauber Motorsport is at present evaluating potential places inside ‘Motorsport Valley,’ together with Bicester, Silverstone, and Milton Keynes. The objective is to have the UK Technical Centre operational by summer time 2025.
Reflecting on the brand new engineering hub, Sauber Motorsport’s COO and CTO Mattia Binotto acknowledged: “We’re excited to ascertain our technical centre within the UK to enhance our key web site in Hinwil, which can proceed to steer our foremost engineering operations and expertise the most important staff development.
“Increasing into the UK permits us to stay near one of many world’s most dynamic motorsport ecosystems. Our imaginative and prescient is to create a robust, collaborative community throughout Hinwil and the UK, driving innovation and efficiency.”
