{"id":8595,"date":"2023-12-04T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T02:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/new-team-name-may-surprise-says-sauber-f1-boss\/04\/12\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T02:22:48","slug":"new-team-name-may-surprise-says-sauber-f1-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/new-team-name-may-surprise-says-sauber-f1-boss\/04\/12\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New team name may surprise, says Sauber F1 boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Swiss-based Sauber could surprise with their new Formula One name for next season after the departure of Alfa Romeo as title sponsor, according to team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi.<\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s deal to race as Stellantis-brand Alfa Romeo, after previously competing as Sauber, ended this year and they will become the Audi factory outfit from 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Formula One the team name is also depending from commercial partnership,&#8221; Alunni Bravi said at the Autosport Awards event on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the 10th of December, as soon as the FIA will publish the entry list we will of course announce a new team name. I think it will be a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot wait to start the partnership with our new partners, we will have I think a really fresh approach in terms of communication, marketing, and we will do a launch of the car here in the UK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1204%2Fr1261925_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1204%2Fr1261925_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1204%2Fr1261925_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1204%2Fr1261925_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Sauber team representative.\u00a0<cite>Jon Hobley\/MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Alunni Bravi said at last month&#8217;s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that no Audi branding would be on the car before 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a limbo period, we build our future here and now, it&#8217;s not that there is a separation between the Sauber period and the Audi period,&#8221; he said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working since the beginning of the year with our group CEO Andreas Seidl for this transformation process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alfa Romeo ended the season ninth of the 10 teams and Alunni-Bravi recognised a big step was needed to be fighting in the top five, while expectations would also have to be managed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The entry of Audi in Formula One as of 2026 is big news for the entire F1 community, not just important for Sauber to be chosen as a strategic partner,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I think all Formula One will benefit from this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/39041396\/new-team-name-surprise-says-sauber-f1-boss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss-based Sauber could surprise with their new Formula One name for next season after the departure of Alfa Romeo as title sponsor,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/new-team-name-may-surprise-says-sauber-f1-boss\/04\/12\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[1264,3327,2474,91],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8597,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8595\/revisions\/8597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}