Sauber Motorsport, the Audi F1 manufacturing unit crew from 2026 onwards, has secured a top-ranking skilled for its bold Formulation One undertaking because it publicizes the longer term appointment of Jonathan Wheatley as Staff Principal on the newest from midway within the 2025 season. On this position, Wheatley will be part of COO and CTO Mattia Binotto to kind a pairing that can lead the administration crew at Sauber Motorsport AG.2
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With the current realignment of the administration group crew of the longer term Audi F1 manufacturing unit crew and Binotto becoming a member of the crew, the appointment of Wheatley represents the following logical step for the crew—one which brings to the crew 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 turn out to be chief mechanic. He then moved to the newly based Crimson Bull Racing crew, 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 obligations, they are going to collectively take accountability for the racing crew’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 improvement of future racing automobiles; on this position, he’s the general technical interface between the event groups in Hinwil and Neuburg an der Donau, which is liable for the event of the facility unit.
Wheatley will full Audi’s new administration crew for Formulation One as Staff Principal and administration spokesperson by July 2025 on the newest. He’ll focus, above all, on the racing efficiency of the longer term F1 manufacturing unit crew, on operational administration of all race occasions, and on representing Audi on the Staff Principal degree in issues referring to Formulation One.
The choice in favour of a twin administration crew is a part of the realignment of the management construction of the longer term manufacturing unit crew 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’ve got been in a position to appoint Jonathan Wheatley as Staff Principal for our future Formulation One crew. 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 crew. With the appointment of Jonathan and Mattia, we’ve got taken a decisive step in direction of our entry into Formulation One. I’m satisfied that, with the 2 of them, we’ve got mixed an especially excessive degree of competence for Audi. Their expertise and skill will assist us get a foothold rapidly within the difficult, aggressive world of Formulation One.
Jonathan Wheatley, future Staff Principal of the Audi F1 manufacturing unit crew:
I’m extremely proud to have been part of the Crimson Bull Racing journey during the last eighteen years and can go away with many fond reminiscences. Nevertheless, the chance to actively take part in Audi’s entry into Formulation One as head of a manufacturing unit crew is a uniquely thrilling prospect, and I stay up for the problem. I’m additionally glad to be working along with Mattia, whom I’ve recognized for a few years and who’s the fitting particular person to collaborate with on this thrilling undertaking.
Mattia Binotto, COO and CTO of Sauber Motorsport:
I’ve recognized Jonathan for years and fee him extremely as an skilled and dedicated motorsport skilled. 2026, when Audi will be part of Formulation One as a manufacturing unit crew, shouldn’t be a very long time away now, and I’m wanting ahead to organising the brand new racing crew for Audi together with Jonathan and main it to success.
