Sauber has introduced it’s going to set up a brand new technical heart for its Method 1 workforce in the UK, along with its headquarters in Switzerland.
The Sauber Motorsport Know-how Middle UK will “lengthen the workforce’s presence and affect throughout the world Method 1 panorama” forward of its transition to change into the Audi works workforce in 2026. Sauber is at the moment certainly one of solely three groups – together with Ferrari and RB – that doesn’t have its headquarters within the UK, though RB does have a footprint although its Crimson Bull possession and a Bicester-based aerodynamics division.
The choice to create a hub in England is designed to present Sauber entry to what it describes as motorsport’s largest experience and expertise pool, with some 25,000 business professionals within the area close to Silverstone.
Referred to as “Motorsport Valley”, the world inside 90-minutes drive of Silverstone is dwelling to many suppliers in addition to factories for McLaren, Crimson Bull, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Alpine, Haas and Williams. Sauber says it it’s potential areas throughout the area – together with in Bicester, Milton Keynes and Silverstone itself – and intends to have the technical heart operational by the summer time of this yr.
“We’re excited to determine our technical centre within the UK to enhance our key web site in Hinwil, which is able to proceed to guide our important engineering operations and expertise the most important workforce progress,” Sauber Motorsport COO and CTO Mattia Binotto stated.
“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.”
Sauber’s transfer would assist it compete for personnel alongside the vast majority of current groups, whereas the longer term Cadillac F1 Workforce additionally has a facility already up and operating at Silverstone. On high of the Sauber undertaking, Haas is engaged on figuring out a web site for a brand new manufacturing unit within the area, believing it must develop setup the present constructing it operates out of in Banbury.
