The Camozzi Group, a global leader in the production of components and systems for high-tech industrial automation, will keep pursuing technological excellence on and off the track, as the Group extends its partnership with Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber.
First announced in 2022, the partnership, both a technological and sporting venture, marked a significant return to Formula One for the Italian company, and proved to be a high-value collaboration based on the two outfits’ commitment to delivering excellence through co-operation and shared synergies.
As part of the partnership agreement, a talent- and knowledge-exchange programme was also established, with the creation of a joint development lab involving the Camozzi Research Centre (CRC) in Milan, Italy, and the Sauber Technologies headquarters in Hinwil, Switzerland. Over just two years, the development lab created opportunities for know-how sharing, enabling the engineers and researchers from all the Camozzi Group companies to acquire and expand their knowledge, with a focus on the field of advanced materials.
Camozzi branding remains prominent on the sidepod air inlets on Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber’s 2024 challenger, the C44 driven by Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, as well as in the team garage and on a variety of assets.
Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Team Representative of Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber: “We are delighted to extend our partnership with the Camozzi Group: with their long history in Formula One and a common striving for precision and excellence, they are of fundamental support to our operations. Over the past two seasons, we have been able to create synergies between their work and that of Sauber Technologies, further expanding our respective know-how. With Camozzi, we can count on an experienced partner by our side, as we aim to further grow both on and off the track.”
Lodovico Camozzi, President and CEO of Camozzi Group: “We are proud to continue working alongside Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber – one of the longest-standing, historic Formula One teams on the grid. The automotive field is an incredible innovation incubator, which we are strongly committed to further exploring through our partnership. We are pleased to keep racing alongside Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber and look forward to pursuing technological excellence together.”
About Sauber Group of Companies:
The Sauber Group of Companies is composed of two operational entities: Sauber Motorsport AG, which operates and manages its Formula OneTM team; and Sauber Technologies AG, which focuses on third-party business in the areas of advanced engineering, prototype development and additive manufacturing, in addition to full and model-scale testing in the factory’s state-of-the-art wind tunnel and ground-breaking innovation in the field of aerodynamics. The companies collaborate closely and share know-how to apply the expertise of all the dedicated individuals at the headquarter in Hinwil, Switzerland, to all internal and external projects.
The Sauber Group puts sustainability at the heart of its mission; its business, operating under the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, has been carbon neutral since 2011 and the company has achieved the Three-Star level in the FIA Environmental Accreditation Framework.
Since its founding in 1970, the innovative Swiss company has been setting standards in the design, development and construction of race cars for various championship series, such as Formula One, DTM, and WEC. Following its own Formula One debut in 1993, Sauber Motorsport AG has established one of the few traditional and privately held teams in the sport. A member of the exclusive club of teams which competed in more than 500 F1 races, it celebrated 30 years in the sport in 2022 and continues to go from strength to strength on and off the track.