Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley is the latest high-profile name to announce plans to leave F1's leading team and the biggest Audi hire to date.
On August 1st, Red Bull Racing announced that sporting director Jonathan Wheatley will leave their Formula 1 program at the end of the 2024 season, ending a relationship that dates back to 2006. After a brief 'gardening leave,' as the F1 saying goes, Wheatley is expected to join Audi's forthcoming Formula 1 program as team principal.
A finish in the top half of the constructor's standings would be a good start, but Sauber hasn't accomplished that feat since 2008. In other words, Audi leadership has to worry about getting to the mid-pack before the team goes about figuring out how to escape it. It's not an impossible task, as McLaren has proved in the past few years ... but it is a big ask.Audi's splashy hire also represents a huge loss for Red Bull.
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