The operation currently known as Alfa Romeo, which is set to revert to its Sauber roots in 2024, has had a mediocre season, sometimes falling the right side of the top 10, but more frequently falling the wrong side of it.
It is nonetheless working on its bigger project, which is 2026, when Audi will arrive as its strategic partner.
CEO Andreas Seidl, who has been at several Grands Prix but is trying to keep a low profile, has been managing that transition, and his first main hire James Key arrives at the start of September as technical director.
Key, who worked with Seidl at McLaren, was let go by the team in the wake of the stillborn early-spec MCL60 mess. One main aspect for Sauber will therefore be integrating Key into the technical structure of a squad whose 2023 challenger has hardly set the world alight in the first place.
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