The Sauber Method 1 group has employed a senior determine from Mercedes to bolster its administration group forward of Audi’s official takeover.
Sauber has poached Stefan Strahnz from Mercedes for the newly created place of programme director, which is able to see him report on to group CEO Andreas Seidl.
Strahnz, who left his function at Mercedes on the finish of June, will be a part of the Swiss-based group on 1 October this yr.
At Mercedes the German occupied varied engineering and administration roles over this 13-year stint, having been its chief engineer – price 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 Workforce 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 group, and I’m positive that he’ll convey an unimaginable quantity of expertise from his earlier roles, during which he received a number of races and championships, to additional complement and strengthen our management group,” Seidl stated.
“Along with his distinctive expertise, Stefan will play an important function in driving the group’s total effectiveness and put together us on our journey to full finance regulation optimisation as we develop into the Audi F1 manufacturing unit group.
“Working carefully with myself, the administration group and all our increasing technical, operational and finance departments, Stefan’s predominant mission is to ship absolutely streamlined and optimised F1 automobile programmes, from idea by means of to trace introduction.”
Strahnz added: “I’m immensely proud and excited to hitch the gifted individuals at Sauber Motorsport on our thrilling journey to develop into the Audi F1 manufacturing unit group in 2026.
“I’ve skilled an analogous journey in my earlier roles, and I will probably be making use of all my learnings and vitality into this new and difficult programme to develop the required instruments, processes and tradition for sustainable long-term on- and off-track success.”