Overview
- Audi said last week that team boss Jonathan Wheatley left for personal reasons, with project head Mattia Binotto taking his duties on an interim basis.
- Nico Hulkenberg said he learned of the move from a news link his mother sent and added that a fundamental leadership problem required action.
- Gabriel Bortoleto said the timing did not surprise him and described the change as coming very quickly after the Chinese Grand Prix.
- Motorsport.com reported Wheatley is expected to join Aston Martin, but the team has not confirmed any hire and has described the talk as speculation.
- Hulkenberg said race-weekend operations should stay steady under Binotto as the team works out its longer-term structure.