Audi Announces Second Management Restructure

Audi has restructured nan guidance of its Formula 1 squad for nan 2nd clip successful little than a twelvemonth earlier its charismatic quality connected nan grid adjacent season.

Mattia Binotto, antecedently main operating and method officer, has been made caput of Audi F1 project, while main executive serviceman Adam Baker has near nan company.

A spokesperson for Audi said nan move made nan building of motor and chassis departments "clearer and streamlined".

Binotto joined Audi successful July past year successful a reorganisation that removed its erstwhile F1 main executive serviceman Andreas Seidl, who had been recruited from McLaren, wherever he was squad principal, astatine nan extremity of 2022.

The spokesperson said that, pinch Binotto successful place, it became evident complete clip that nan CEO domiciled had "become obsolete".

The Audi task is divided complete 2 sites. The power-unit guidelines is successful Neuburg an der Donau successful Germany and nan car creation and manufacturing guidelines - presently competing successful F1 arsenic Sauber nether Audi ownership - is successful Hinwil successful Switzerland.

Audi will formally participate F1 successful 2026, erstwhile caller motor rules that attracted nan institution travel into force. These summation nan magnitude of powerfulness provided by nan electrical constituent of nan motor to astir 50%.

The institution is besides looking for a guidelines successful England successful which to location a mini portion of nan creation team truthful Audi tin pat into nan expertise successful nan alleged "motorsport valley" successful south-east England.

The responsibilities of Binotto and team main Jonathan Wheatley will not alteration nether nan caller structure.

Binotto is successful wide complaint of chassis and motor creation and manufacture, while Wheatley runs nan squad erstwhile nan car leaves nan mill for races. Wheatley was recruited from Red Bull, wherever he had been sporting director, and began activity astatine Sauber astatine nan 3rd title of this season, nan Japanese Grand Prix past month.

Audi has besides appointed a caller main operating officer, Christian Foyer, to return complete nan responsibilities connected nan motor broadside antecedently held by Baker.