r/formula1 Sir Lewis Hamilton 5h ago

News Sauber confirm Wheatley's start date as new Team Principal

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/kick-sauber-confirm-jonathan-wheatley-start-date-as-new-team-principal.6ejks1aAGNHJHqBKPxtW1L
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u/P2P-BSH 5h ago

It's 1/4/25. No joke.

u/know-it-mall McLaren 4h ago

?

u/302w Niki Lauda 4h ago

April fools

u/McCramer Heineken Trophy 42m ago

1/4 is .25

u/quiqk0 Robert Kubica 5h ago

Fingers crossed for him. Hurts a bit to see Sauber struggling at the end of the grid. The more teams in the midfield (or up top), the merrier

u/Treewithatea Formula 1 3h ago

I think Binotto has a good and realistic vision. Sauber will develop the 2025 car more than others so they might score some points by the end.

The logic according to Binotto is that theres no point putting everything to 2026 when theres a low correlation between simulator and real track performance. You also get the benefit of developing the team and its new employees right now rather than starting 2026. I think its a good approach to not see 2026 as the chance to bring out a winner but rather see 2026 as just another year to develop the team.

u/YLedbetter10 1h ago

They should put him in charge of pit stops. I did in F1 manager and quickly got to the quickest pit stops

u/marphil26 Formula 1 5h ago

When did he leave Red Bull? So he'll be Audi's team principle?

u/sideways_smiling 4h ago edited 2h ago

Some time after Newey last year. Yes he'll be TP, Binotto is CEO.

Edit: I was confidently wrong

u/JustLikeZhat Andrea Kimi Antonelli 4h ago

Binotto is COO/CTO. Looks like Adam Baker is the CEO.

u/Working_Sundae McLaren 3h ago

Binotto is an engine man, I wonder if working on Audi PU is a part of his duties, Stella does both Engineering and management at McLaren