Sauber has signed former Ferrari Method 1 head of race technique and sporting director Ignacio Rueda as a part of its newest administration modifications.
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, will probably be a part of “a supervising operate to guarantee the absolute best transition because the staff grows into its new buildings”, in keeping with a staff assertion, because the Swiss squad prepares to remodel into its Audi guise in 2026.
Rueda, who labored below new Sauber boss Mattia Binotto at Ferrari, held the identical position on the Scuderia between 2021-23 earlier than leaving the staff. 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 staff 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, so as to “optimise alignment on all automotive performance-related matters”.
Giampaolo Dall’Ara, head of monitor engineering, Sauber F1 Crew
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 observe 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 staff.
Jonathan Wheatley will even be a part of as new Sauber staff principal halfway by the 2025 season, having been poached from Purple Bull in the summertime.
Sauber has additionally employed Stefan Strahnz from Mercedes for the brand new place of programme director.
“These management modifications infuse the staff with renewed confidence as they strengthen the organisation because it prepares for future challenges and alternatives, with a shiny future as a manufacturing unit staff 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 to date 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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