Sauber to develop into the Audi F1 staff from 2026

Audi will staff up with Sauber for an entry within the Formulation One World Championship in 2026 and past, the automaker introduced on Wednesday.

Sauber presently competes in F1 as Alfa Romeo however Alfa Romeo in August introduced the association would finish after the 2023 season. Alfa Romeo hasn’t mentioned whether or not it’s quitting F1 altogether, although.

Alfa Romeo made the announcement shortly after Audi introduced its intention to compete in F1, leaving little doubt as to Audi’s plans.

Audi’s take care of Sauber will likely be way more substantial than the title sponsorship and technical partnership association of Alfa Romeo. Sauber will develop into the official Audi manufacturing facility staff, and run an influence unit equipped by Audi. Audi will even purchase a stake in Sauber.

The facility unit is being developed to satisfy new sustainability-focused laws to be launched in 2026, with the event work going down at an Audi Sport facility in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany. Overseeing the event is Adam Baker, who has served as an FIA security director in recent times and beforehand labored with Cosworth when it produced F1 energy models, in addition to with Sauber when it competed in F1 with BMW within the 2000s.

Sauber will likely be accountable for the event and manufacturing of Audi’s F1 automotive, at its base in Hinwil, Switzerland. Sauber will even be accountable for planning and executing the race operations. The staff has competed in F1 for many years, although has managed only one win from 462 begins.

Fellow Volkswagen Group model Porsche can be eager to enter F1, with its personal energy unit and presumably a manufacturing facility staff. Porsche was in negotiations with Purple Bull Racing, although the talks resulted in September and not using a deal being brokered. The FIA final week confirmed that Porsche remains to be in talks with different F1 groups.

F1’s energy models underneath the brand new laws will keep on with the present turbo 1.6-liter V-6 hybrid format, although the facility models must run on 100% sustainable gas, and have elevated energy from the electrical aspect. Audi plans to begin to testing its energy unit on a racetrack in 2025.