Sauber Motorsport, the Audi F1 manufacturing facility crew from 2026 onwards, has secured a top-ranking skilled for its formidable System One undertaking because it proclaims the long run appointment of Jonathan Wheatley as Group Principal on the newest from midway within the 2025 season. On this position, Wheatley will be a part of COO and CTO Mattia Binotto to type a pairing that may lead the administration crew at Sauber Motorsport AG.2
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With the latest realignment of the administration group crew of the long run Audi F1 manufacturing facility 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 providers of probably the most revered and profitable people within the sport.
Wheatley’s profession in System One began at Benetton System One within the early Nineteen Nineties, the place he rose to change into chief mechanic. He then moved to the newly based Pink Bull Racing crew, the place he achieved appreciable success as Sporting Director. In his time in Milton Keynes, Wheatley received 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 may 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 answerable for the event of the facility unit.
Wheatley will full Audi’s new administration crew for System One as Group 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 crew, on operational administration of all race occasions, and on representing Audi on the Group Principal degree in issues referring to System One.
The choice in favour of a twin administration crew is a part of the realignment of the management construction of the long run manufacturing facility 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 been capable of appoint Jonathan Wheatley as Group Principal for our future System One crew. Jonathan has performed a big half in lots of race victories and World Championship titles in his System One profession and has in depth paddock expertise. He’s a treasured addition to our crew. With the appointment of Jonathan and Mattia, we’ve taken a decisive step in the direction of our entry into System One. I’m satisfied that, with the 2 of them, we’ve mixed an especially excessive degree of competence for Audi. Their expertise and talent will assist us get a foothold rapidly within the difficult, aggressive world of System One.
Jonathan Wheatley, future Group Principal of the Audi F1 manufacturing facility crew:
I’m extremely proud to have been part of the Pink Bull Racing journey during the last eighteen years and can depart with many fond reminiscences. Nonetheless, the chance to actively take part in Audi’s entry into System One as head of a manufacturing facility crew 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 identified for a few years and who’s the best individual to collaborate with on this thrilling undertaking.
Mattia Binotto, COO and CTO of Sauber Motorsport:
I’ve identified Jonathan for years and fee him extremely as an skilled and dedicated motorsport skilled. 2026, when Audi will be a part of System One as a manufacturing facility crew, just isn’t 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.
