Sauber’s F1 title🔜 partner Stake has been told to shut down its UK website by the Gambli🙈ng Commission.

The UK Gambling Commission has ordered to close next month after a video filmed o💞utside Nottingham Trent University was promoted on the social media platf🧔orm X (formerly Twitter) featuring porn actress Bonnie Blue.

In the video, Blue said she was there to “sleep 𒆙with 130 barely-legal 18 year olds” in two weeks. Stake’s logos featured on the screen.

The Gambling Commission, which fined 's operator T💞GP Europe Limited £316,250 in 2023 for failing to t🌌ake sufficient action to promote responsible gambling and prevent money-laundering, announced the website will no be licensed from 11 March.

“The move follows the launch of a commission investigation into a widely viewed video displaying the Stake-branded logo, which was distributed on a social media platform and featured an adult actress outside Nottingham Trent University,” the comไmission said in a statement.

“TGP has previously been the subject of enforcement action and after a meeting with the commission have stated they will immediately stop accepting new registrations to the Stake.uk.c🔯om platform and remove red♔irection links from the main Stake website.

“Final shutdown of the Great Britain site will take place by 11 Marc﷽h 2025.”

Stake entered into a sponsorship deal with Sauber in 2024 and its name🤡 has appeared on the Swiss-based outfit’s F1 cars at races where gambling adverts are legal.

Stake are also the front-of-shirt sponsor for Prem🐻ier Lea𒆙gue football team Everton.

“Clubs will be asked to demonstrate that they have assurance that any steps to🍨 geo-block the sites are effective, recognising that some blocking can be easily bypassed by use of tools such as a virtual private network,” the commission added.

“Clubs will be expected to carry out suffi🦩cient due diligence to assure the commission that consumers cannot transact with the sites from Great Britain by any means. The commission will also be taking steps to independently verify effective measures are in place.

“The letter will warn that club offi🔜cers may be liable to prosecution and, if convicted, face a fine, imprisonment or both if they promote unlicensed gambling businesses that transact with consumers in Great Britain.”

It is not clear at this stage how the decision will impact Sauber♑, but there may be implications for any of the team’s UK-bas🔯ed activities.

The soon-to-be-Audi F1 team has announced plans 🀅to open a👍 new engineering hub in the UK’s ‘motorsport valley’ later this year.