Sauber has opened its new expertise heart in the UK that it’ll use to draw extra engineering expertise because it transitions into the Audi works group.
Audi will enter as a full constructor in 2026, with Sauber Motorsport working the operation from Hinwil in Switzerland and an influence unit division in Germany. With the brand new expertise heart primarily based at Bicester – simply 15 miles from Silverstone – the group will now have a facility that expertise can work from if they don’t need to relocate from the UK.
“The opening of the Sauber Motorsport Know-how Centre at Bicester Movement is a big milestone as we put together for Audi’s arrival in System 1,” head of Audi F1 mission Mattia Binotto stated.
“This facility will enable us to faucet into the expertise pool in Motorsport Valley and additional strengthen our technical capabilities whereas being a part of a thriving cluster at Bicester Movement the place you reside and breathe motorsport. The help it’ll play to Hinwil will likely be vital to our long-term success.”
The transfer from Sauber is much like the strategy taken by Cadillac with its new System 1 group, the place there will likely be amenities at Silverstone alongside a primary headquarters in america and separate energy unit operation.
Sauber says the brand new heart represents a big funding but in addition brings the group nearer to the prevailing motorsport provide chain within the area.
“We warmly welcome Sauber Motorsport in what’s an thrilling step in its Audi F1 transformation forward of subsequent yr’s F1 season,” Bicester Movement CEO Daniel Geoghegan stated. “It’s thrilling that Bicester Movement has been chosen as their UK base connecting into their Swiss and German operations to help their imaginative and prescient to ship sustainability, innovation, and most efficiency in motorsport.
“They be a part of many different pioneering automotive and aviation corporations, together with Motorsport UK, the governing physique of this nice business, already primarily based right here. We look ahead to seeing their group develop and their transformation on and off the monitor proceed.”
