Sauber has signed former Ferrari Method 1 head of race technique and sporting director Ignacio Rueda as a part of its newest administration adjustments.
The Spaniard will take over the sporting director position from long-time Sauber head Beat Zehnder, who has been moved into a brand new place of director of signature packages and operation in 2025.
Zehnder, an ever-present a part of Sauber because it joined the F1 grid, might be a part of “a supervising perform to guarantee the very best transition because the group grows into its new buildings”, in accordance with a group assertion, because the Swiss squad prepares to remodel into its Audi guise in 2026.
Rueda, who labored beneath new Sauber boss Mattia Binotto at Ferrari, held the identical position on the Scuderia between 2021-23 earlier than leaving the group. The Spaniard rose by the ranks at each Jordan and Renault/Lotus earlier than becoming a member of Ferrari.
In the meantime, Giampaolo Dall’Ara returns to Sauber having left the group in early 2016, and has been appointed in a newly created position of head of racing engineering. The Italian will oversee the race engineering division at each its Hinwil base and trackside beneath Binotto, to be able to “optimise alignment on all automobile performance-related matters”.
Giampaolo Dall’Ara, head of monitor engineering, Sauber F1 Workforce
Dall’Ara joined Sauber in 2000 and have become head of engineering on the Swiss squad between 2009-2015, earlier than leaving to work within the DTM and run his personal consultancy agency since 2016.
The most recent hirings comply with a administration overhaul at Sauber in the summertime, with former Ferrari boss Binotto put in as chief working and chief technical officer, whereas each CEO Andreas Seidl and chairman Oliver Hoffmann left the group.
Jonathan Wheatley may also be a part of as new Sauber group principal halfway by the 2025 season, having been poached from Pink Bull in the summertime.
Sauber has additionally employed Stefan Strahnz from Mercedes for the brand new place of programme director.
“These management adjustments infuse the group with renewed confidence as they strengthen the organisation because it prepares for future challenges and alternatives, with a vibrant future as a manufacturing facility group forward,” the Sauber assertion concluded.
Sauber is at present enduring a nightmare 2024 F1 season, sitting on the backside of the world constructors’ championship, having failed to attain a single level thus far this marketing campaign.
The Swiss squad is but to announce who will drive alongside Nico Hulkenberg from 2025, having missed out on main goal Carlos Sainz who has opted to affix Williams as a substitute.
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