Audi-Sauber opens a base in the UK
Audi-Sauber can also be transferring to England by opening a brand new base to recruit high-profile engineers and shut the hole with different F1 groups as shortly as attainable. This determination, made by mission supervisor Mattia Binotto, was additionally taken to deal with an financial problem, not only a logistical one. For a lot of British engineers, relocating to Hinwil (a small city about 30 km from Zurich) is usually a family-related problem. Moreover, Sauber spends extra on employees salaries than different F1 groups based mostly within the UK and Italy resulting from Switzerland’s excessive price of residing. For that reason, Audi had requested a funds cap exemption from the FIA beginning in 2026, however thus far with out success.
Ferrari, the one F1 group with out a UK base
Opening a technical middle in England, particularly within the so-called Midlands Motor Valley (the realm between Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Buckinghamshire within the south-central a part of the nation), might partially compensate for this financial and logistical drawback by attracting higher-profile engineers and technicians. Nevertheless, Sauber’s transfer can also be vital for one more cause: till now, it was the one group, alongside Ferrari, with out a UK base. With Mattia Binotto’s determination, the Maranello group stays the only F1 group with out a manufacturing unit or operational middle within the English Motor Valley. However the place precisely are the F1 groups headquartered? Let’s discover out.
McLaren
Headquarters: Woking, United Kingdom
The reigning Constructors’ Champion, McLaren, doesn’t develop an engine however is a Mercedes buyer group. All chassis and aerodynamic elements not outsourced to third-party suppliers are produced on the historic Woking headquarters, a city of about 60,000 residents in Surrey.
Ferrari
Headquarters: Maranello, Italy
There’s no want to say that Ferrari, the historic Italian automotive model and producer, relies in Italy. The primary manufacturing unit is, after all, within the legendary Maranello, a city of fewer than 20,000 folks in Modena province, globally well-known as the house of the Prancing Horse. Right here, all Ferrari automobiles are constructed, together with F1 single-seaters and racing automobiles for different motorsport competitions. Nevertheless, this hasn’t all the time been the case: between 1987 and 1991, Ferrari outsourced some F1 design actions to Guildford, England, on the request of then-technical director John Barnard, who was reluctant to relocate to Emilia. The middle was shut down after some failed tasks and Barnard’s subsequent departure from Ferrari.
Crimson Bull
Headquarters: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Crimson Bull, the reigning Drivers’ Champion with Max Verstappen aiming to equal Michael Schumacher’s document of 5 consecutive F1 titles in 2025, relies in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The manufacturing unit was inherited from groups that raced in F1 earlier than Crimson Bull entered the game: it was utilized by Stewart from 1996 to 1999 after which by Jaguar from 2000 to 2004. The ability is at present increasing, because the group, with Ford’s assist, is growing its personal hybrid turbo energy models below the Crimson Bull Powertrains division, set to debut in 2026.
Mercedes
Headquarters: Brackley, United Kingdom | Engine Facility: Brixworth, United Kingdom
Not like the opposite groups talked about thus far, Mercedes has a twin operational base, each situated in England and only a few kilometers aside. The automobiles are designed and developed on the Brackley manufacturing unit, whereas the facility models that dominated the turbo-hybrid period from 2014 to 2021 are produced in Brixworth.
Aston Martin
Headquarters: Silverstone, United Kingdom
Only a few meters from the Silverstone circuit’s entrance lies the Aston Martin Racing manufacturing unit, lately renovated and considerably expanded. Not like Ferrari in Italy, nonetheless, the whole Know-how Campus is at present devoted solely to the F1 group, whereas the manufacturing of Aston Martin highway automobiles stays based mostly in close by Gaydon.
Alpine
Headquarters: Enstone, United Kingdom | Engine Facility: Viry-Châtillon, France
Regardless of its French origins, Alpine— which took over from Renault in F1 in 2021— is headquartered within the UK. The group’s primary manufacturing unit is in Enstone, beforehand utilized by Toleman, Benetton, Lotus, and Renault. In the meantime, the V6 turbo-hybrid energy unit is produced in France on the Viry-Châtillon facility. Nevertheless, from 2026, the Renault group will now not provide F1 engines, because the group, below Flavio Briatore’s steerage, has secured a buyer cope with Mercedes.
Haas
Headquarters: Kannapolis, United States | Manufacturing facility: Banbury, United Kingdom, and Varano de’ Melegari, Italy
Haas is the smallest and most cosmopolitan group in F1. Based by Gene Haas, it’s an American group with its headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Nevertheless, managing day by day operations from such a distance is impractical, so the F1 automobiles are designed in Banbury, UK, with some elements manufactured on the Dallara manufacturing unit in Varano de’ Melegari, Italy. Lately, Haas has additionally maintained workplace area inside Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters.
Racing Bulls
Headquarters: Faenza, Italy | Secondary Base: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Regardless of a number of title adjustments, Racing Bulls (previously Toro Rosso, AlphaTauri, and RB) stays the group closest to Ferrari by way of operational base. The “B group” of Crimson Bull has traditionally been headquartered in Faenza, Ravenna province, on the former Minardi headquarters, which it took over in 2006. Nevertheless, sturdy synergies exist with Crimson Bull and its Milton Keynes manufacturing unit, the place some elements are produced.
Williams
Headquarters: Grove, United Kingdom
The legendary group based by Frank Williams and Patrick Head, which received 9 Constructors’ and seven Drivers’ titles in F1, stays UK-based regardless of being owned by the American funding agency Dorilton Capital. The manufacturing unit is situated in Grove, Oxfordshire.
Sauber
Headquarters: Hinwil, Switzerland | Secondary Base: Midlands space, United Kingdom (from 2025) | Engine Facility: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Till now, Sauber was the one F1 group in addition to Ferrari with out a UK operational base. This can change with Binotto and Audi’s determination to open a facility by mid-2025 within the Bicester-Silverstone-Milton Keynes space whereas sustaining its primary headquarters in Hinwil, Switzerland. In actuality, Sauber can have three websites, as its energy unit might be developed at Audi Sport’s Neuburg an der Donau facility in Germany.
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