Sauber, which is within the technique of turning into a full works Formulation 1 workforce with Audi in 2026, has introduced plans to determine a brand new base in the UK.
Sauber, which is within the technique of turning into a full works Formulation 1 workforce with Audi in 2026, has introduced plans to determine a brand new base in the UK.
The Swiss-based workforce efficiently lobbied the FIA final yr for permission to exceed the price range cap, citing the upper operational prices related to operating an F1 outfit exterior of the UK.
Nonetheless, past monetary challenges, groups primarily based exterior Britain additionally wrestle to draw specialist personnel attributable to relocation difficulties.
FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis had beforehand prompt that non-UK groups could have to relocate, though “we do not suppose (this) is the best way for a world championship to function.”
Regardless of that, Sauber has now confirmed that it’ll launch a “new technical centre within the UK.”
“The Sauber Motorsport Expertise Centre UK will prolong the workforce’s presence and affect throughout the world Formulation 1 panorama,” the workforce introduced.
The choice is pushed by the necessity to entry Britain’s intensive motorsport expertise pool, notably in areas surrounding Silverstone and Milton Keynes. Whereas a particular location has not but been finalized, Sauber goals to have the ability operational “by summer time 2025.”
Regardless of this enlargement, workforce principal Mattia Binotto assured that Sauber’s Swiss headquarters in Hinwil will stay the “key website.”
“Increasing into the UK permits us to stay near one of many world’s most dynamic motorsport ecosystems,” he said.
