Audi’s arrival in Formulation 1 for 2026 is making Stake a critical participant within the driver market this season regardless of on-track struggles, based on workforce consultant Alessandro Alunni Bravi.
The Sauber-run workforce has but to attain a degree within the opening 5 races and has been hampered by pit cease points which have induced quite a lot of sluggish stops, irritating drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. Regardless of the difficult outcomes up to now in 2024, the truth that Audi will take over the workforce and enter as a full constructor in lower than two years is resulting in quite a lot of curiosity from drivers, based on Alunni Bravi.
“First, let me say that there are quite a lot of speculations round our groups and feedback,” Alunni Bravi mentioned. “And, in fact, I don’t wish to touch upon hypothesis… However there’s all of the groups. There are 14 drivers with no contract mounted for subsequent 12 months. So, as all of the groups, we’re talking with completely different drivers.
“It’s not the time for us to take any choice. It’s time to offer our drivers with a performing automotive. However let me say that we’re joyful that it appears that evidently we are able to play a task — a special function within the drivers’ marketplace for the long run — because of Audi’s announcement and all of the funding that can be completed with a view to enhance our workforce
“So I believe that’s excellent news for our workforce. Lastly we’re engaging and we’re not spectators, we’re a participant out there.”
In the course of the Chinese language Grand Prix weekend, Pink Bull advisor Helmut Marko claimed discussions with Carlos Sainz had left him feeling that Pink Bull couldn’t compete with a suggestion Audi had made to the Spaniard, however Alunni Bravi says all groups and drivers are prone to have a number of discussions ongoing.
“I believe they’re mere hypothesis, as a result of, each driver, I believe, is talking with quite a lot of groups to know the state of affairs, to know if there might be a standard imaginative and prescient on the challenge, particularly for a workforce like us that’s in a full transformation course of forward of 2026. However we’re centered on our drivers and we respect our drivers.
“We all know that we have to ship higher efficiency as a workforce. And this is step one to begin deciding what would be the driver lineup for the long run. First, we have to consolidate our efficiency. Thus far, we didn’t rating factors. So I believe that the principle goal, and the precedence for the workforce, is to begin scoring factors after which to strategy the drivers’ market, beginning with dialogue with our drivers after which having, in fact, open eyes in the marketplace.
“It’s not applicable to reveal what might be the dialogue in place. Nobody actually is aware of what different groups are providing to the drivers, or are discussing with the drivers, and generally we don’t wish to be a part of a sport that’s completed by others … I believe that the automotive efficiency now could be our precedence and there can be time to take the best choice for the long run.”
