Within minutes of each other, Williams and Sauber revealed that the covers will come off their 2024 machinery at ceremonies to be held on Monday 5 February.
Both teams shared ‘save the date’ cards on social media in a flurry of activity on Friday evening, giving fans an early Christmas present ahead of the festive season.
The pair follow Ferrari in sharing their plans, with team principal Fred Vasseur stating a 13 February launch for the 2024 car, codenamed 676.
Last year, Williams was the second team to share its machinery, following on from Haas – the American team more often than not opening launch season. Williams was followed one day later by Alfa Romeo – now Sauber.
Details on both launches are scarce at present but Sauber team principal Alessandro Alunni Bravi confirmed at the Autosport Awards: “We will do a launch of the car here in the UK.”
This is the first time that Sauber will have revealed its car in the UK, with previous unveilings taking place in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
After a disappointing season finishing ninth in the constructors’ standings and with only 16 points scored, Bravi added: “Next year's car will not be an evolution of this year's car, because we think that there are some limits in this concept that we cannot exploit further. So, we will really have a completely new car from chassis to suspension, everything, all the areas.”
Source: Autosport