Sauber Motorsport announces the establishment of its Sauber Motorsport Technology Centre UK, as the transition to Audi F1 continues towards 2026. Going into 2025, Kick Sauber has presented an all new driver line-up. With former Haas F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg and Formula 2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto the team plans to continue with them into the…
Sauber confirms the departure of Alessandro Alunni Bravi, their Team Representative and Managing Director from the end of January 2025. Alunni Bravi’s journey with Sauber The Italian joined Sauber in 2017 as their General Counsel and Board Member and became their Managing Director in 2022. Under the latter role, he was responsible for managing marketing,…
Next year’s Formula 1 season could see as many as five rookies on the grid. Sauber recently announced Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto on a multi-year deal. Franco Colapinto could join the Brazilian, Jack Doohan, Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman on the grid as rumours swirl of Red Bull’s interest in him. With this story in…
After several months of speculation, on Wednesday, Audi and Sauber Motorsport AG confirmed that they had signed 20-year-old Gabriel Bortoleto on a multi-year deal which will see the Brazilian driver, who currently leads the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Drivers’ Championship standings, partnering with Nico Hülkenberg when they transition to the Audi F1 factory team. The…
A new face will join the 2025 Formula 1 grid. Gabriel Bortoleto will be driving for Sauber and then Audi, becoming the first Brazilian full time driver since Felipe Massa in 2017. Bortoleto, up until today part of the McLaren Driver Development programme, won the 2023 Formula 3 title in his rookie campaign, and is…
The Swiss team set to become Audi under the new regulations in 2026 has been undergoing a massive managerial renovation, with plenty of senior figures and experienced engineers having been announced already. Among the biggest announcements of the past year there definitely was Ferrari’s long term Team Principal Mattia Binotto, replacing new CEO Andreas Seidl,…
As the 2024 season rapidly nears its end, Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he is considering “all the alternatives” for his future in Formula One. This comes after speculation emerged linking Bottas to the position of reserve driver at Mercedes – his former team with which he achieved all ten of his F1 victories…
Valtteri Bottas is still awaiting a decision regarding his future in F1 as the second Sauber seat remains unfilled for the time being. Earlier this year, Sauber confirmed they signed German driver Nico Hulkenberg for 2025 on a multi-year deal, ahead of the team’s planned Audi rebranding in 2026. The second seat, however, remains vacant,…
Co-author: Lucrezia Costa The Formula 1 grid is all set to welcome a new power unit supplier as the German manufacturer Audi is poised to complete its takeover of the Sauber F1 team ahead of its 2026 entry. However, their journey has been anything but smooth sailing. With Sauber yet to score a point this…
Audi AG CEO Gernot Döllner and recently appointed COO and CTO of Sauber, Mattia Binotto spoke during the Italian Grand Prix weekend about the upcoming F1 Audi project. Döllner called the management combination of Binotto and Jonathan Wheatley the “perfect solution” whilst Binotto said he was about to undertake the most challenging project of his…
