Sauber Motorsport, the Audi F1 factory team from 2026 onwards, has secured a top-ranking expert for its ambitious Formula One project as it announces the future appointment of Jonathan Wheatley as Team Principal at the latest from halfway in the 2025 season. In this role, Wheatley will join COO and CTO Mattia Binotto to form a pairing that will lead the management team at Sauber Motorsport AG.2
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With the recent realignment of the management group team of the future Audi F1 factory team and Binotto joining the team, the appointment of Wheatley represents the next logical step for the team—one that brings to the team the services of one of the most respected and successful individuals in the sport.
Wheatley’s career in Formula One started at Benetton Formula One in the early 1990s, where he rose to become chief mechanic. He then moved to the newly founded Red Bull Racing team, where he achieved considerable success as Sporting Director. In his time in Milton Keynes, Wheatley won all six of the six-team constructor’s and seven Driver’s World Championships.
In their new positions, Binotto and Wheatley will report directly to Gernot Döllner, who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sauber Motorsport AG. With a clear division of duties and individually defined responsibilities, they will jointly take responsibility for the racing team’s success.
As COO and CTO, Binotto takes over the operative management of Sauber Motorsport AG at the site in Hinwil and the technical development of future racing cars; in this role, he is the overall technical interface between the development teams in Hinwil and Neuburg an der Donau, which is responsible for the development of the power unit.
Wheatley will complete Audi’s new management team for Formula One as Team Principal and management spokesperson by July 2025 at the latest. He will focus, above all, on the racing performance of the future F1 factory team, on operational management of all race events, and on representing Audi at the Team Principal level in matters relating to Formula One.
The decision in favour of a dual management team is part of the realignment of the control structure of the future factory team in the context of Audi’s full takeover of all Sauber Group shares.
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