With just over a year to go until Audi's first Formula 1 car is revealed, the team has confirmed that it will set up a British outpost, joining nine of the 11 teams on the 2026 grid with a presence in

In preparation for its relaunch as the Audi F1 team next year, Sauber will open a base in the United Kingdom in 2025.

Gabriel Bortoleto steps up to Formula 1 after back-to-back titles in Formula 3 and Formula 2, both achieved as a rookie. Bortoleto, part of Fernando Alonso’s A14 Management stable, was a McLaren young driver but was released from the team in order to join Sauber.

Ferrari has history of looking to recent F1 drivers to support its race team line-up, having worked with Giovinazzi — the driver Zhou replaced at Sauber in 2022 — in recent years. The team announced last year that one of its reserves, Robert Shwartzman, would not be returning in 2025 after his move into IndyCar.

The first Chinese driver in Formula 1 is heading back to Ferrari as one of its reserve drivers for the 2025 season.