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 “lengthen the workforce’s presence and affect throughout the world Components 1 panorama” forward of its transition to turn out to be the Audi works workforce in 2026. Sauber is at the moment one in all 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 Pink Bull possession and a Bicester-based aerodynamics division.
The choice to create a hub in England is designed to offer 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.
Referred to as “Motorsport Valley”, the realm inside 90-minutes drive of Silverstone is dwelling to many suppliers in addition to factories for McLaren, Pink Bull, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Alpine, Haas and Williams. Sauber says it it’s potential areas 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 can proceed to guide our most important engineering operations and expertise the biggest workforce development,” Sauber Motorsport COO and CTO Mattia Binotto stated.
“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 robust, collaborative community throughout Hinwil and the UK, driving innovation and efficiency.”
Sauber’s transfer would assist it compete for personnel alongside nearly all of present groups, whereas the longer term Cadillac F1 Crew additionally has a facility already up and operating at Silverstone. On high of the Sauber mission, Haas is engaged on figuring out a website for a brand new manufacturing facility within the area, believing it must develop setup the present constructing it operates out of in Banbury.
