Sauber has introduced it’s going to set up a brand new technical heart for its Components 1 workforce in the UK, along with its headquarters in Switzerland.
The Sauber Motorsport Know-how Middle UK will “prolong the workforce’s presence and affect throughout the world Components 1 panorama” forward of its transition to change into the Audi works workforce in 2026. Sauber is presently considered one 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 Purple 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.
Generally known as “Motorsport Valley”, the realm inside 90-minutes drive of Silverstone is dwelling to many suppliers in addition to factories for McLaren, Purple Bull, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Alpine, Haas and Williams. Sauber says it it’s taking a look at potential places throughout the area – together with in Bicester, Milton Keynes and Silverstone itself – and intends to have the technical heart operational by the summer season of this yr.
“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 important engineering operations and expertise the biggest workforce 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 powerful, 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 long run Cadillac F1 Crew additionally has a facility already up and working at Silverstone. On prime of the Sauber mission, Haas is engaged on figuring out a website for a brand new manufacturing facility within the area, believing it must broaden setup the present constructing it operates out of in Banbury.
