Stake F1 Crew KICK Sauber will bolster its administration group and proceed on its formidable restructuring path in direction of its future as Audi’s F1 manufacturing unit group with the appointment of Stefan Strähnz, who joins from Mercedes to the newly created place of Programme Director.
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Becoming a member of on October 1st, 2024, Strähnz will report on to CEO Andreas Seidl and can deliver a wealth of operational and organisational growth and management expertise because the group dramatically ramps up its development within the run-up to Audi’s entry into the game in 2026.
Strähnz brings to the desk greater than 20 years’ expertise in F1, wherein he labored for Toyota, BAR, Renault and Lotus, and loved an unbelievable degree of success as a part of the Mercedes group, for which he labored for practically 13 years. Throughout this time, he held varied engineering roles earlier than transferring into technical administration and management positions, finally transitioning to operational and organisational technique growth and implementation. In these roles, Strähnz specialised in creating, simplifying and driving the supply of advanced and time-critical programmes, buying essential expertise that might be used as Sauber Motorsport transforms into the Audi manufacturing unit group.
Andreas Seidl, CEO of Sauber Group:
“I’m delighted to welcome Stefan to the group. I’m certain he’ll deliver an unbelievable quantity of expertise from his earlier roles, wherein he received a number of races and championships, to enrich additional and strengthen our management group. Together with his distinctive expertise, Stefan will play a significant function in driving the group’s general effectiveness and put together us on our journey to full finance regulation optimisation as we turn out to be the Audi F1 manufacturing unit group. Working carefully with myself, the administration group and all our increasing technical, operational and finance departments, Stefan’s predominant mission is to ship absolutely streamlined and optimised F1 automobile programmes, from idea by way of to trace introduction.”
Stefan Strähnz, Programme Director of Stake F1 Crew KICK Sauber:
“I’m immensely proud and excited to affix the gifted folks at Sauber Motorsport on our thrilling journey to turn out to be the Audi F1 manufacturing unit group in 2026. I’ve skilled the same journey in my earlier roles. I’ll apply all my learnings and power to this new and difficult programme to develop the required instruments, processes and tradition for sustainable long-term on- and off-track success. It’s a true privilege to affix such an iconic model as Audi with all its earlier expertise and motorsport achievements.
I look ahead to taking a management function in our formidable targets to win championships in F1.”
