McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Sauber’s Sergio Perez have both been given three-place grid drops for the Indian Grand Prix, following breaking the rules surrounding double waved flags.
By finishing sixth in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Kamui Kobayashi scored eight championship points – the best result for Sauber so far this season. His team mate, Pedro de la Rosa, had to give up at half distance because of damage to the rear of the car caused by an accident with Adrian [...]
Kamui Kobayashi (15th, 14th) “After we lost some track time we tried to catch up with the programme, and I think we managed that quite well, especially with the short runs. We obviously have to improve our pace everywhere, but I found the balance of the car not too bad. I had only a little [...]
Sauber were thrilled with Kamui Kobayashi‘s drive at Valencia on which he overtook Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi on the last lap of the race, and if their driver Pedro de la Rosa is to be believed, they are set to do even better next weekend at Silverstone. The Spaniard said: “We are all going [...]
The first of their many mid-season updates looked promising for Sauber, as for the first time this season they were seriously competing for championship points. Kamui Kobayashi showed us the reason we all fell in love with him in the final races of 2009, passing Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi on the final lap with [...]
The Spanish round of the Formula 1 season is famous for aerodynamic and mechanical upgrades on the cars, and this year is no different. Here is what you need to know about who is bringing what to Barcelona. McLaren McLaren have been talking up their changes for Barcelona, and are optimistic that the front row [...]
Sauber have become the first team in the paddock to replicate McLaren’s duct system. They have fitted the vent to the left sidepod on their C29 cars given the fact that the technical regulations forbid major changes to the chassis. Sauber have shown impressive speed in recreating their own version of the device which stalls [...]
BMW Sauber have dropped a hint that they may be changing the name and logo of their Formula 1 team, to Sauber Motorsport. It makes sense, too, given that BMW are no longer associated with the team. The above, new logo was displayed on a press release previewing the Bahrain Grand Prix on the BMW [...]
(L to R) James Key, Willy Rampf The 56-year-old German Willy Rampf has stepped down as technical director at the BMW Sauber team, after 10 years in his position at the Hinwil-based team. Rampf is to make way for 38-year-old Englishman James Key, who will take up his position at the team on April 1st. [...]
Last night on Twitter we were discussing some of the best and worst liveries of all time, and, unsurprisingly there were quite a few which divided opinion. I’m not talking absolute shockers like the 1999 BAR cars, or the 2000 Minardi’s, but the cars some people love, and some hate. Here are some images of [...]
