McLaren: Confident we will take a step forward in performance
Team and drivers report from the first day of practice of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, at Shanghai International Circuit, Round 3 of the 2013 F1 world championship. Jenson Button: MP4-28A-03 “We can’t yet conclusively tell if the upgrades we brought to this race have improved the car. They’re perhaps not as big a step [...]
Hulkenberg happy with new role as team leader at Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg has admitted he is enjoying his status as the senior and most experienced driver at Sauber this year. It is a new experience for the 25-year-old, who although now a very familiar face in the paddock, is actually contesting only his third full season of Formula 1 in 2013. He made his debut [...]
Chinese Grand Prix: Sauber preview Shanghai
After a short break, the Sauber F1 Team is off to Shanghai where the UBS Chinese Grand Prix will take place from 12th to 14th of April. After Nico Hülkenberg scored four points for the team at the Malaysian GP, the Swiss race outfit is currently sixth in the constructors’ championship. After analysing the data [...]
Hulkenberg: Thank you guys but this is not acceptable
Sauber new recruit Nico Hulkenberg said eighth place in Malaysia last Sunday was unacceptable and a raft of improvements were required for the team to be a factor this season. After moving over the winter from Force India, the German was unable to make his debut as scheduled in Australia when a terminal fuel tank [...]
Sauber: We are happy about this result
The Malaysian Grand Prix brought the first four points for the Sauber F1 Team in the second race of the new season. At the beginning the track in Sepang was wet, and all the drivers started the race on intermediate tyres. However, after only a few laps they changed to dry tyres. The race was [...]
Lotus: It’s not been the best day for us
Romain Grosjean finished sixth and Kimi Räikkönen seventh in today’s Malaysian Grand Prix from the Sepang International Circuit. A wet but rapidly drying track saw all competitors start on Pirelli’s intermediate tyres, with both Romain and Kimi moving to medium then hard compound dry tyres as the race progressed. Kimi keeps up his run of [...]
Sauber could have swapped drivers in Australia
It has emerged Sauber could have kept Nico Hulkenberg in the race last Sunday in Australia. Ultimately, the German sat out Melbourne with a terminal fuel tank problem, so serious that he is at the wheel of an all-new chassis this weekend in Malaysia. But he had qualified eleventh in Melbourne, seven places ahead of rookie [...]
Sauber: We are confident for a strong race
Once again, qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix held some surprises. A few minutes into Q2, the weather changed quickly with rain affecting two of the corners. As a result, both Sauber F1 Team drivers, Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban Gutiérrez, were not able to use fresh medium tyres in good conditions. Nico ended up 12th [...]
Sauber: Set-up changes we made the drivers were happier
In free practice two of the Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix the Sauber F1 Team drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban Gutiérrez finished 13th and 14th respectively. Both drivers were able to improve in the second session of the day, although Esteban lost time because of technical issues. Nico Hülkenberg: Sauber C32-Ferrari (Chassis 01/Ferrari 056) 1st Practice: [...]