03/04/2018
NEWS STORY
Sauber has announced the recruitment of former Ferrari, Toyota and Audi man, Jan Monchaux, as its new head of aerodynamics, assuming his new position with immediate effect.
Monchaux joins Sauber from Audi AG where for the last five years he was Head of Vehicle Engineering and Aerodynamics Audi Sport.
Graduating at Supaero, the French engineering school of aeronautical and space, the French-German engineer worked his way through the ranks at Toyota Motorsport and Scuderia Ferrari before joining Audi.
Monchaux, who replaces former Lotus man Nicolas Hennel de Beaupreau, who only assumed the role last September, will take over with immediate effect working in the team led by Jorg Zander, with whom he worked at Audi, the Swiss outfit's Technical Director.
"I'm very much looking forward to the arrival of Jan Monchaux as the new Head of Aerodynamics," said Zander. "It marks an important step of a wider project that aims at strengthening and implementing the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team in line with the targets and the results we want to achieve on tracks."