Christian Foyer takes the place of Adam Baker, who left the project by mutual agreement
The Executive Director Adam Baker Leave the project Audi of Formula 1 Mutual agreement, and Christian Foyer He will assume his responsibilities in the motor area, as announced by the future team on Monday.
Christian Foyer He has joined the Board of Directors of Audi Formula Racing, the entity responsible for the hybrid propulsion system, as operations director.
Mattia Binottoformer team chief Ferrarileads the general project, together with Jonathan Wheatleywho joined Sauberbased in Swissin April from Red Bulland leads career operations as team director.
Sauberlast in the classification of builders after six races, it will become the factory equipment of Audi Next season, when the category also starts a new era in engines.
The engines of Audi They are manufactured in Bavariabut Clean/Audi They are also establishing an engineering base in Britain.
“We want to thank Adam Baker his commitment in recent years, “he declared Gernot Doellnerpresident of the brand owned by Volkswagenin a statement.
“He played a decisive role in the definition of the general strategic concept for the entry of Audi in the Formula 1 and promoted the development of the engine in Neuburg. “
“Con Christian Foyer, We incorporate an expert recognized in processes structures for the development of propulsion systems in the project to the project F1”.
“Your experience will contribute to guaranteeing synergistic cooperation and the necessary speed on the path we have undertaken for the debut.”
Adam Baker He was a veteran of the former team BMW clean, a project that failed and caused the departure of BMW in 2009.