Sauber Motorsport, the Audi F1 manufacturing facility crew from 2026 onwards, has secured a top-ranking knowledgeable for its bold System One mission because it pronounces the longer term appointment of Jonathan Wheatley as Group Principal on the newest from midway within the 2025 season. On this function, Wheatley will be a 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 facility crew and Binotto becoming a member of the crew, the appointment of Wheatley represents the subsequent logical step for the crew—one which brings to the crew the companies of some of the 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 grow to be chief mechanic. He then moved to the newly based Purple 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 tasks, they may collectively take duty 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 growth of future racing automobiles; on this function, 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 longer term F1 manufacturing facility crew, on operational administration of all race occasions, and on representing Audi on the Group Principal stage 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 longer term 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 got been in a position to appoint Jonathan Wheatley as Group Principal for our future System One crew. Jonathan has performed a major half in lots of race victories and World Championship titles in his System 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 the direction of our entry into System One. I’m satisfied that, with the 2 of them, we’ve got mixed a particularly excessive stage of competence for Audi. Their expertise and talent will assist us get a foothold shortly 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 Purple Bull Racing journey over the past eighteen years and can go away with many fond recollections. 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 sit 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 suitable particular person to collaborate with on this thrilling mission.
Mattia Binotto, COO and CTO of Sauber Motorsport:
I’ve recognized Jonathan for years and charge him extremely as an skilled and dedicated motorsport knowledgeable. 2026, when Audi will be a part of System One as a manufacturing facility crew, isn’t a very long time away now, and I’m trying ahead to organising the brand new racing crew for Audi together with Jonathan and main it to success.
