Sauber has introduced it’s going to set up a brand new technical middle for its Formulation 1 staff in the UK, along with its headquarters in Switzerland.
The Sauber Motorsport Expertise Heart UK will “lengthen the staff’s presence and affect inside the international Formulation 1 panorama” forward of its transition to turn into the Audi works staff in 2026. Sauber is presently one in every of solely three groups – together with Ferrari and RB – that doesn’t have its headquarters within the UK, though RB does have a footprint although its Crimson Bull possession and a Bicester-based aerodynamics division.
The choice to create a hub in England is designed to provide Sauber entry to what it describes as motorsport’s largest experience and expertise pool, with some 25,000 trade professionals within the area close to Silverstone.
Referred to as “Motorsport Valley”, the world inside 90-minutes drive of Silverstone is residence to many suppliers in addition to factories for McLaren, Crimson Bull, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Alpine, Haas and Williams. Sauber says it it’s potential areas inside the area – together with in Bicester, Milton Keynes and Silverstone itself – and intends to have the technical middle operational by the summer time of this 12 months.
“We’re excited to determine our technical centre within the UK to enrich our key website in Hinwil, which is able to proceed to steer our essential engineering operations and expertise the biggest staff progress,” Sauber Motorsport COO and CTO Mattia Binotto mentioned.
“Increasing into the UK permits us to stay near one of many world’s most dynamic motorsport ecosystems. Our imaginative and prescient is to create a robust, collaborative community throughout Hinwil and the UK, driving innovation and efficiency.”
Sauber’s transfer would assist it compete for personnel alongside nearly all of current groups, whereas the longer term Cadillac F1 Group additionally has a facility already up and operating at Silverstone. On prime of the Sauber challenge, Haas is engaged on figuring out a website for a brand new manufacturing unit within the area, believing it must develop setup the present constructing it operates out of in Banbury.
