The Latest Breaking News from Alunni Bravi

Another link between Formula 1’s past and present has been severed – for now. Alessandro Alunni Bravi might not be a household name for fans but the announcement that he is to leave Sauber puts even more distance between F1’s corporate present and its past as Bernie Ecclestone’s personal fiefdom.

Sauber managing director and team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi will part ways with the team at the end of January, after eight years working with the Formula 1 team.

The Hinwil-based outfit has yet to score points this season with the pack seemingly split between the top five and bottom five teams, though Haas and RB have breached the top 10. Whilst Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas have shown glimpses of form behind the wheel, their efforts have largely…

Former Ferrari performance engineer Steven Petrik was installed as a replacement for Bottas' engineer Alex Chan, whom the Finn had worked with since joining the team in 2022.

Sauber already made one of the first moves of the 2025 driver market by signing Nico Hulkenberg from Haas on a multi-year deal, which takes the German into its first year as the Audi factory team in 2026.

Ahead of what is expected to be a pretty intense silly season as drivers vie for the best cockpits, Audi has found itself at the centre of the market talk as it looks for the stars that it wants to carry into its debut campaign in 2026.

Following problems with wheelnuts for Bottas in Bahrain and team-mate Zhou Guanyu in Saudi Arabia, the former endured another lengthy stop in the Australian GP at a stage when he had a chance to score points.

Following problems with wheelnuts for Bottas in Bahrain and team-mate Zhou Guanyu in Saudi Arabia, the former endured another lengthy stop in the Australian GP at a stage when he had a chance of scoring points.

Audi’s acquisition of Sauber was officially announced in August 2022, and since then the Swiss team has been ramping up its infrastructure and headcount under CEO Andreas Seidl.