Swiss-based Sauber may shock with their new Formulation One title for subsequent season after the departure of Alfa Romeo as title sponsor, in response to group consultant Alessandro Alunni Bravi.

The group’s deal to race as Stellantis-brand Alfa Romeo, after beforehand competing as Sauber, ended this yr and they’re going to turn into the Audi manufacturing facility outfit from 2026.

“In Formulation One the group title can be relying from industrial partnership,” Alunni Bravi stated on the Autosport Awards occasion on Sunday evening.

“On the tenth of December, as quickly because the FIA will publish the entry record we’ll after all announce a brand new group title. I feel it is going to be a shock.

“We can’t wait to begin the partnership with our new companions, we may have I feel a very recent strategy by way of communication, advertising and marketing, and we’ll do a launch of the automotive right here within the UK.”

Alunni Bravi stated ultimately month’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that no Audi branding could be on the automotive earlier than 2026.

“It is not a limbo interval, we construct our future right here and now, it is not that there’s a separation between the Sauber interval and the Audi interval,” he stated on Sunday.

“We’re working because the starting of the yr with our group CEO Andreas Seidl for this transformation course of.”

Alfa Romeo ended the season ninth of the ten groups and Alunni-Bravi recognised a giant step was wanted to be combating within the prime 5, whereas expectations would additionally need to be managed.

“The entry of Audi in Formulation One as of 2026 is massive information for the whole F1 group, not simply vital for Sauber to be chosen as a strategic companion,” he added. “I feel all Formulation One will profit from this.”