Chief Executive Adam Baker is leaving the Audi Formula One Audi F1 project by mutual agreement with Christian Foyer taking over his duties on the engine side, the future factory team said on Monday.
Foyer has joined the management board of Audi Formula Racing, the entity responsible for the hybrid powertrain, in the new role of chief operating officer. Bakers role has been eliminated.
Former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto is head of the overall project with Jonathan Wheatley, who joined Swiss-based Sauber in April from Red Bull, leading the race operations as team principal.
Sauber, last in the constructors standings after six races, is becoming the Audi factory team next season when the sport also starts a new engine era.
Audis engines are being built in Bavaria but Sauber/Audi are also setting up an engineering base in Britain.
