Former Purple Bull Sporting Director, Jonathan Wheatley will take up his new position as Group Principal at Sauber (Stake) on 1 April.
Wheatley will make his race debut as Group Principal on the Japanese Grand Prix. Along with Chief Working Officer and Chief Technical Officer, Mattia Binotto, he’ll collectively lead the administration group at Sauber Motorsport AG. because it morphs into Audi.
With Wheatley taking over his new position, the group takes one other vital step nearer to Audi’s entry, with simply over 9 months till the marque formally turns into a Method One group.
Wheatley’s profession in Method One began at Benetton again within the early Nineteen Nineties, the place he rose to turn out to be chief mechanic. Following three years as chief mechanic at Renault, he joined the newly based Purple Bull group in 2006, the place he achieved appreciable success as Sporting Director. Throughout his time on the Milton Keynes group, Purple Bull secured six constructor’s and 7 driver’s championships.
Of their respective positions, each Binotto and Wheatley report on to Gernot Dollner in his position as Chairman of the Board of Administrators of Sauber Motorsport AG.
Binotto and Wheatley are collectively collectively accountable for the success of the racing group, below a construction that empowers each leaders with clearly outlined roles and deliverables.
