F1 News: Stake F1 Team Reveals 1st Game Plan For 2024 as Pressure to Satisfy Fans Increases

Before it even steps foot in the world of F1, the rebranded Sauber team for the 2024 and 2025 seasons as Stake F1 Team has tasted the brunt of fans. After Sauber announced it would be moving on from Alfa Romeo, there was a lot of excitement for what name the team will operate under in the upcoming seasons before the Audi takeover. However, expectations came crashing down after the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber revelation. Perhaps, this is exactly why the team’s representative, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, is on damage control now.

In a feature recently published on the Formula 1 website, Alunni Bravi talked about how the team is going about business for the next few years. He highlighted the their focus on strengthening the core processes for the overall growth of the team. These changes will result in better output on the track as well, which is always the end goal, and will build a solid base for when Audi takes over.

“One has been to invest in our production side, to bring in-house production of carbon parts so we don’t depend anymore on external suppliers. For the first time, we have a night shift in the carbon department to almost double our capacity and to be able to develop and bring aero upgrades at a high level,” revealed  Alunni Bravi.

“We reduced 30% time to market [of carbon parts]. Our target is to reduce by 50% in future. There is an investment plan in the production side and design side – that’s headcount, processes, and technology.”

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The team is highlighting its efforts to the fans as they want to keep them front and center during their two-year period. However, keeping their eyes on the prize, Alunni Bravi also revealed how their efforts have been ongoing since 2023.

The Stake F1 team’s representative highlights the team’s consistent efforts, as they prepare for 2024

Not just back in the factory and with processes in the background, the now Stake F1 team brought some upgrades to the front end as well. These upgrades were brought even as late as the Abu Dhabi GP to collect race time data for the 2024 season.

Forgetting the lowly 9th position in the constructor’s championship, Sauber’s efforts to erupt as Audi in 2026 in the background were significant.

“We have made a lot of steps back at the factory,” says Alunni Bravi. “We have been able to develop the car constantly during the season. Proof of this is that we brought an important upgrade – a front wing – to the last race in Abu Dhabi.”

“We brought five different specs of floor [in 2023]. We have reduced the time to market – from the design of a part to delivery on track. This is the result of some choices we have done compared to last year.”

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Despite the backlash, the team is putting all the money, which is in the range of millions, from the Stake sponsorship to good use. Let’s hope the investment Sauber is making in their core processes pays off before the Audi takeover.