Sauber Motorsport, the Audi F1 manufacturing unit group from 2026 onwards, has secured a top-ranking knowledgeable for its formidable Components One undertaking because it pronounces the long run appointment of Jonathan Wheatley as Staff Principal on the newest from midway within the 2025 season. On this position, Wheatley will be part of COO and CTO Mattia Binotto to kind a pairing that may lead the administration group at Sauber Motorsport AG.2
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With the current realignment of the administration group group of the long run Audi F1 manufacturing unit group and Binotto becoming a member of the group, the appointment of Wheatley represents the subsequent logical step for the group—one which brings to the group the companies of one of the crucial revered and profitable people within the sport.
Wheatley’s profession in Components One began at Benetton Components One within the early Nineteen Nineties, the place he rose to turn out to be chief mechanic. He then moved to the newly based Pink Bull Racing group, 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 duties, they are going to collectively take duty for the racing group’s success.
As COO and CTO, Binotto takes over the operative administration of Sauber Motorsport AG on the website in Hinwil and the technical growth of future racing automobiles; on this position, he’s the general technical interface between the event groups in Hinwil and Neuburg an der Donau, which is accountable for the event of the ability unit.
Wheatley will full Audi’s new administration group for Components One as Staff Principal and administration spokesperson by July 2025 on the newest. He’ll focus, above all, on the racing efficiency of the long run F1 manufacturing unit group, on operational administration of all race occasions, and on representing Audi on the Staff Principal stage in issues referring to Components One.
The choice in favour of a twin administration group is a part of the realignment of the management construction of the long run manufacturing unit group 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 now have been capable of appoint Jonathan Wheatley as Staff Principal for our future Components One group. Jonathan has performed a big half in lots of race victories and World Championship titles in his Components One profession and has intensive paddock expertise. He’s a treasured addition to our group. With the appointment of Jonathan and Mattia, we now have taken a decisive step in the direction of our entry into Components One. I’m satisfied that, with the 2 of them, we now have mixed a particularly excessive stage of competence for Audi. Their expertise and talent will assist us get a foothold rapidly within the difficult, aggressive world of Components One.
Jonathan Wheatley, future Staff Principal of the Audi F1 manufacturing unit group:
I’m extremely proud to have been part of the Pink Bull Racing journey over the past eighteen years and can go away with many fond reminiscences. Nonetheless, the chance to actively take part in Audi’s entry into Components One as head of a manufacturing unit group is a uniquely thrilling prospect, and I stay up for the problem. I’m additionally glad to be working along with Mattia, whom I’ve identified for a few years and who’s the proper individual to collaborate with on this thrilling undertaking.
Mattia Binotto, COO and CTO of Sauber Motorsport:
I’ve identified Jonathan for years and price him extremely as an skilled and dedicated motorsport knowledgeable. 2026, when Audi will be part of Components One as a manufacturing unit group, will not be a very long time away now, and I’m trying ahead to establishing the brand new racing group for Audi together with Jonathan and main it to success.
