Sauber, now known as Stake F1, has chosen a new team principal for their future journey.
Jonathan Wheatley is leaving Red Bull Racing to join the team that will soon become Audi.
New Leadership for Sauber
Right now, Wheatley is on gardening leave after his departure from Red Bull. Next season, he’ll step into his role as team principal for the Audi project. He’ll also work closely with Mattia Binotto, who has been appointed COO and CTO of the project.
“He’s got to figure out how he gets Sauber, who, as their recent pit stop problems have shown, are not operationally as razor sharp, as he [Wheatley] has coached the Red Bull outfit to be, up to that level. Because if Red Bull are up here in terms of delivering great pit stops and strategy and knowing the rules brilliantly and all of that, Sauber are kind of pretty much down at the bottom,” said Ted Kravitz on Sky Sports F1 Podcast.
The team has yet to score any points in the 2024 season. Alongside Logan Sargeant, Valtteri Bottas, and Guanyu Zhou, they haven’t finished in the Top 10 even once. Pit stop problems have plagued them since the beginning of the year.
Could Wheatley be the answer?
“He knows the rule book better than anybody else in the world. He’s going to have to understand how they work, first of all, before he can identify whether he needs to change it,” Kravitz praised Wheatley.
Fans might think this change could finally turn things around for Sauber.
What do you think? Can Wheatley make a difference?
