Audi has officially announced that former Ferrari team director, Mattia Binottowill return to Formula 1 as new technical director and operations director of the German team.
Earlier this year, the German automaker took full ownership of the team Sauberwhich will operate under the banner of Audi from 2026with a completely new power unit currently being developed in-house at Germany.
Binotto, 54 years old, will start working with Audi in August 1 as operations director and technical director. The headquarters of the German group is located in the current factory of Sauber in Hinwil, Switzerlandand will report directly to the board of directors.
With the arrival of the Italian, two well-known faces abandoned the project. One is the former manager of the team McLaren, Andreas Seidlto join Sauber in January 2023 and became CEO of the Audi team. Another is Oliver Hoffmann, who is the executive of Audi and the person in charge of the project.
Voted He is technical director of Ferrari until he was promoted to team manager at 2019. Let it be Maranello in 2022 after three years in the position and has been with the Scuderia since the mid-1990s 1990.
The CEO of Audi, Gernot Dollner, is excited about the acquisition of Binotto. “I am happy to get Mattia Binotto for us ambitious project of Formula 1. With his extensive experience of more than 25 years in sport, will undoubtedly make a decisive contribution to Audi” said Gernot Dollner.
He first confirmed pilot to be part of Audi’s new F1 project is Nico Hulkenbergwho will pass Haas to Kick Sauber at the end of this season, in what the German described as a transfer “interesting” and “very exciting.”
It is not yet known who his teammate will be, although there is a high possibility that it will be the Spaniard. Carlos Sainzwho still does not have a team for next year and may join the German team after four seasons Ferrari.
Source: La Verdad
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