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Mattia Binotto: Sauber’s switch to Audi a "blank sheet" for F1 innovation

Sauber is last in the Formula 1 constructors' championship after scoring just six points in the season-opener in Australia before hitting a pointless streak for drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto. Ahead of the team’s transition to become the Audi works outfit from 2026, change is afoot at the historic…

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How Audi is striving to win in F1 within five years

It’s been 10 months since Mattia Binotto joined Sauber as its Chief Operating and Technical Officer, and it’s now a matter of months until the Swiss Formula 1 team morphs into Audi.

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The key steps Audi is taking to win in F1 within five years

It’s been 10 months since Mattia Binotto joined Sauber as its Chief Operating and Technical Officer, and it’s now a matter of months until the Swiss Formula 1 team morphs into Audi.

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Audi admits it won't have the best F1 engine in 2026

The next 12 months will be pivotal for the Sauber team, with the outfit bracing itself for the arrival of Formula 1’s sweeping new regulations and preparing to become Audi’s factory team. Audi will develop the engine, which F1 lead Mattia Binotto warns won’t be “the best” on the grid.

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Binotto admits Audi “won't have the best power unit” in 2026

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Jonathan Wheatley’s Red Bull secrets “powerful and valuable” to Sauber F1’s transformation

New Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley has appeared to have brought some of his Red Bull secrets to his new squad and the effects are already being felt by its drivers.

Motorsport

Wheatley’s Red Bull secrets “powerful and valuable” to Sauber F1’s transformation

New Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley has appeared to have brought some of his Red Bull secrets to his new squad and the effects are already being felt by its drivers.

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Everything Sauber can learn from Red Bull’s winning ways

Sauber's Jonathan Wheatley believes it takes more than new facilities and equipment to instil a winning ethos into an F1 team ahead of Audi F1 switch

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The hidden F1 lessons Sauber can learn from Red Bull

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” as the famous Peter Drucker quote goes.

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How F2 champion Bortoleto is dealing with the “tough” reality of F1

Unless you’re flying by private jet there’s no direct flights to Bahrain from Japan’s main airports. Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto added to what was already a complicated itinerary between the opening rounds of 2025’s first triple-header by going to the factory.

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How the prospect of V10s has triggered a complex debate on F1's future

Like many things in the modern world, it all started with a social media post.

Autosport

How V10s are becoming F1’s main political battleground

Like many things in the modern world, it all started with a social media post.

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Missed by Netflix: Stories that didn't make it into Drive to Survive Season 7

One of the biggest news stories of the 2024 season involved longtime Red Bull design guru, Adrian Newey, defecting to Aston Martin. His surprise departure sent shock waves through the paddock, especially considering it came shortly after Christian Horner’s highly-publicised scandal, and questions over whether he would remain at the…

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Lewis Hamilton is a driver ‘reborn’ at Ferrari – so can he make history with an eighth title?

NEW F1 SEASON: Speaking to ex-Ferrari drivers and personnel ahead of Hamilton’s Scuderia debut in Australia this weekend, Kieran Jackson takes a deep dive into the biggest transfer in F1 history and asks: is an eighth title possible?

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Every F1 team’s seven minutes at F175 ranked

Attendance at Formula 1’s glitzy season launch was mandatory for the teams. Some came willingly, others less so.

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How Sauber’s UK hub might solve Audi’s F1 growth troubles

Sauber opening a technical centre for Audi's coming Formula 1 entry appears to solve one big headache for the nascent project, while also drawing new parallels with rival squad, Haas.

Autosport

Analysis: How Sauber’s UK engineering hub might solve a big problem for Audi’s F1 growth troubles

Sauber opening a technical centre for Audi’s coming Formula 1 entry appears to solve one big headache for the nascent project, while also drawing new parallels with rival squad, Haas.

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Sauber launches UK engineering hub ahead of Audi F1 takeover in 2026

Sauber is set to establish a United Kingdom base as it prepares to morph into the Audi Formula 1 factory team in 2026.

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Red Bull agrees Wheatley's Sauber F1 start date, but hangs on to Courtenay

Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.

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Red Bull accepts Wheatley's Sauber start date, but hangs on to Courtenay

Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.

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Binotto on Audi's F1 reality check: Finding team "frozen" with no points, no plans

When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the calling to head up Audi's Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task.

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Binotto on Audi's F1 reality check after finding team "frozen" with no plans

When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the call to head up Audi's Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task.

Autosport

Bottas suggests Audi promise not kept as "mistake" comes to an end

Valtteri Bottas has claimed he was assured of his place as a "pillar" of the Sauber/Audi Formula 1 programme and labelled his period with the Hinwil-based outfit a "mistake".

Autosport

Audi's last GT3 car delivery marks the end of an era, but will F1 push be worth it?

As Audi looks ahead to its ambitious Formula 1 project in 2026 with Sauber, it is simultaneously leaving behind its history in other disciplines of motorsport. The German manufacturer has pulled the plug on every single one of its racing programmes in order to redirect its focus on F1, even…

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Audi insists VW Group crisis no threat to F1 project amid Qatar buy-in

Audi boss Gernot Dollner insists the manufacturer’s commitment to Formula 1 is not threatened by the financial dramas faced by parent company the Volkswagen Group.

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