Stake F1 Workforce KICK Sauber will bolster its administration crew and proceed on its bold restructuring path in direction of its future as Audi’s F1 manufacturing unit crew with the appointment of Stefan Strähnz, who joins from Mercedes to the newly created place of Programme Director.
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Becoming a member of on October 1st, 2024, Strähnz will report on to CEO Andreas Seidl and can deliver a wealth of operational and organisational improvement and management abilities because the crew dramatically ramps up its progress within the run-up to Audi’s entry into the game in 2026.
Strähnz brings to the desk greater than 20 years’ expertise in F1, through which he labored for Toyota, BAR, Renault and Lotus, and loved an unimaginable stage of success as a part of the Mercedes crew, for which he labored for practically 13 years. Throughout this time, he held varied engineering roles earlier than transferring into technical administration and management positions, finally transitioning to operational and organisational technique improvement and implementation. In these roles, Strähnz specialised in creating, simplifying and driving the supply of complicated and time-critical programmes, buying essential expertise that will probably be used as Sauber Motorsport transforms into the Audi manufacturing unit crew.
Andreas Seidl, CEO of Sauber Group:
“I’m delighted to welcome Stefan to the crew. I’m certain he’ll deliver an unimaginable quantity of expertise from his earlier roles, through which he gained a number of races and championships, to enhance additional and strengthen our management crew. Together with his distinctive expertise, Stefan will play a significant function in driving the crew’s general effectiveness and put together us on our journey to full finance regulation optimisation as we turn out to be the Audi F1 manufacturing unit crew. Working intently with myself, the administration crew and all our increasing technical, operational and finance departments, Stefan’s essential mission is to ship absolutely streamlined and optimised F1 automobile programmes, from idea via to trace introduction.”
Stefan Strähnz, Programme Director of Stake F1 Workforce KICK Sauber:
“I’m immensely proud and excited to affix the proficient individuals at Sauber Motorsport on our thrilling journey to turn out to be the Audi F1 manufacturing unit crew in 2026. I’ve skilled an identical journey in my earlier roles. I’ll apply all my learnings and power to this new and difficult programme to develop the required instruments, processes and tradition for sustainable long-term on- and off-track success. It’s a true privilege to affix such an iconic model as Audi with all its earlier expertise and motorsport achievements.
I look ahead to taking a management function in our bold targets to win championships in F1.”
