This week we've the most recent in our collection of Method 1 workforce principal interviews as we sit down with Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley.
He has been in F1 since 1991 and contributed to eight world constructors' championships and 153 grands prix victories in numerous roles with Benetton, Renault and Pink Bull, the place he received six of these titles.
He began life as workforce principal with Sauber in April this yr, shortly after the Japanese GP, arriving at work on his first day in a traditional Audi Quattro. Since Could, the workforce has seen a big uptick in type.
From 2026 the workforce can be rebadged as Audi, with a bespoke engine and, together with chief technical officer Mattia Binotto, Wheatley will carry the hopes of one of many world's main producers of their first foray into F1.
What expertise has he needed to study? What are the benefits and drawbacks of getting such a protracted drawn-out transition from Sauber to Audi? And the way excessive does he really feel Gabriel Bortoleto's ceiling is as a driver?
Becoming a member of James Allen within the studio to debate the interview are Autosport F1 writers Ronald Vording and Jake Boxall-Legge.
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