Sauber Motorsport, the Audi F1 manufacturing facility staff from 2026 onwards, has secured a top-ranking knowledgeable for its bold Formulation One challenge because it pronounces the long run appointment of Jonathan Wheatley as Workforce Principal on the newest from midway within the 2025 season. On this function, Wheatley will be a part of COO and CTO Mattia Binotto to kind a pairing that may lead the administration staff at Sauber Motorsport AG.2
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With the latest realignment of the administration group staff of the long run Audi F1 manufacturing facility staff and Binotto becoming a member of the staff, the appointment of Wheatley represents the subsequent logical step for the staff—one which brings to the staff the companies of one of the crucial revered and profitable people within the sport.
Wheatley’s profession in Formulation One began at Benetton Formulation One within the early Nineteen Nineties, the place he rose to grow to be chief mechanic. He then moved to the newly based Pink Bull Racing staff, the place he achieved appreciable success as Sporting Director. In his time in Milton Keynes, Wheatley gained all six of the six-team constructor’s and 7 Driver’s World Championships.
Of their new positions, Binotto and Wheatley will report on to Gernot Döllner, who’s Chairman of the Board of Administrators of Sauber Motorsport AG. With a transparent division of duties and individually outlined duties, they’ll collectively take accountability for the racing staff’s success.
As COO and CTO, Binotto takes over the operative administration of Sauber Motorsport AG on the web site in Hinwil and the technical growth of future racing vehicles; on this function, he’s the general technical interface between the event groups in Hinwil and Neuburg an der Donau, which is chargeable for the event of the facility unit.
Wheatley will full Audi’s new administration staff for Formulation One as Workforce Principal and administration spokesperson by July 2025 on the newest. He’ll focus, above all, on the racing efficiency of the long run F1 manufacturing facility staff, on operational administration of all race occasions, and on representing Audi on the Workforce Principal stage in issues regarding Formulation One.
The choice in favour of a twin administration staff is a part of the realignment of the management construction of the long run manufacturing facility staff within the context of Audi’s full takeover of all Sauber Group shares.
Gernot Döllner, CEO of AUDI AG and Chairman of the Board of Administrators of Sauber Motorsport:
I’m delighted that we now have been capable of appoint Jonathan Wheatley as Workforce Principal for our future Formulation One staff. Jonathan has performed a major half in lots of race victories and World Championship titles in his Formulation One profession and has intensive paddock expertise. He’s a treasured addition to our staff. With the appointment of Jonathan and Mattia, we now have taken a decisive step in the direction of our entry into Formulation One. I’m satisfied that, with the 2 of them, we now have mixed an especially excessive stage of competence for Audi. Their expertise and skill will assist us get a foothold shortly within the difficult, aggressive world of Formulation One.
Jonathan Wheatley, future Workforce Principal of the Audi F1 manufacturing facility staff:
I’m extremely proud to have been part of the Pink Bull Racing journey over the past eighteen years and can depart with many fond reminiscences. Nevertheless, the chance to actively take part in Audi’s entry into Formulation One as head of a manufacturing facility staff is a uniquely thrilling prospect, and I look ahead to the problem. I’m additionally glad to be working along with Mattia, whom I’ve recognized for a few years and who’s the suitable particular person to collaborate with on this thrilling challenge.
Mattia Binotto, COO and CTO of Sauber Motorsport:
I’ve recognized Jonathan for years and fee him extremely as an skilled and dedicated motorsport knowledgeable. 2026, when Audi will be a part of Formulation One as a manufacturing facility staff, shouldn’t be a very long time away now, and I’m trying ahead to organising the brand new racing staff for Audi together with Jonathan and main it to success.
