The Sauber Formulation 1 staff has employed a senior determine from Mercedes to bolster its administration staff forward of Audi’s official takeover.
Sauber has poached Stefan Strahnz from Mercedes for the newly created place of Programme Director, which can see him report on to staff CEO Andreas Seidl.
Strahnz, who left his position at Mercedes on the finish of June, will be part of the Swiss-based staff on 1 October.
At Mercedes the German occupied numerous engineering and administration roles over this 13-year stint, having been its Chief Engineer – Value and Industrial Programmes since December 2020.
He was beforehand a design workplace supervisor at Lotus-Renault and head of reliability at Renault, having began his F1 profession with engineering stints at Toyota and BAR-Honda.
Stefan Strähnz, Stake F1 Staff KICK Sauber Programme Director
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It’s that 23-year expertise in organisational management roles that made Strahnz a beautiful rent for Seidl as he gears up for Audi’s official works entry in 2026.
“I’m delighted to welcome Stefan to the staff, and I’m positive that he’ll deliver an unbelievable quantity of expertise from his earlier roles, through which he received a number of races and championships, to additional complement and strengthen our management staff,” Seidl mentioned.
“Along with his distinctive expertise, Stefan will play an important position in driving the staff’s total effectiveness and put together us on our journey to full finance regulation optimisation as we grow to be the Audi F1 manufacturing unit staff.
“Working intently with myself, the administration staff and all our increasing technical, operational and finance departments, Stefan’s essential mission is to ship absolutely streamlined and optimised F1 automotive programmes, from idea by means of to trace introduction.”
Strahnz added: “I’m immensely proud and excited to affix the proficient individuals at Sauber Motorsport on our thrilling journey to grow to be the Audi F1 manufacturing unit staff in 2026.
“I’ve skilled an analogous journey in my earlier roles, and I shall be making use of all my learnings and power into this new and difficult programme to develop the required instruments, processes and tradition for sustainable long-term on- and off-track success.”