The Audi Formula 1 team is set to receive a significant financial boost with the Qatar sovereign wealth fund expressing interest in acquiring a minority stake. This development is expected to bring several advantages to the Ingolstadt-based car manufacturer. The global popularity of Formula 1 continues to soar, with the sport experiencing a boom due…
As twenty cars hit the track at the United States Grand Prix, Sauber failed to turn its fortune around yet again as both drivers went home scoring zero points. While Valtteri Bottas managed to finish in seventeenth place on a one-top strategy, similar to the top ten drivers, Zhou Guanyu’s spin at turn 1 on…
Sauber encountered a very disappointing weekend at Zandvoort, where the C44 emerged to be the slowest car on track. Despite being able to challenge Alpine and Williams at the start of the season, they now occupy the last place in the championship table. The team is not particularly confident about the gains in performance they…
Sauber expected a stronger performance in Hungary as a result of upgrading the package on Valtteri Bottas’ car two races before heading into the summer break. A decent result in qualifying saw the Finnish driver going close to a place in Q3 as he missed out by 0.077s to start P12, as teammate Zhou Guanyu…
With Kick Sauber firmly last in the Constructors’ Championship at the midway point of the season, failing to score points thus far, Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou reflect on the team’s race strategy for the British Grand Prix. The British Grand Prix proved to be another disappointing event for Kick Sauber, with both Bottas and…
Zhou Guanyu is yet to confirm where he will be racing in 2025 but the Chinese driver has made clear that he is evaluating different options. Zhou spoke during the F1 Monaco GP weekend and said “If you’re too late, or if you just have one option, I think you end up running out of…
It is a weekend in Formula 1 that has allowed Guanyu Zhou to participate in his first race on home soil. The Chinese Grand Prix has been Sauber’s best performance so far in the season, where they reached Q3 for the first time in the Sprint Classification with both drivers, while the Chinese driver was…
Valtteri Bottas started the Japanese Grand Prix in the 13th grid spot and finished 14th when the chequered flag waved. The chaotic start of the Japanese Grand Prix resulted in an early red flag caused by the crash between RB’s Ricciardo and the Williams of Albon at turn 3. Starting on the soft compound tyres,…
Along with receiving a €5000 fine, the Sauber Formula One team experienced more terrible pit stops at the Australian Grand Prix. The team experienced back-to-back slow pit stops this season already. Bottas was had a 50-second pit stop in Bahrain, while Zhou suffered his share of it in Saudi Arabia. After experiencing two slow pit…
Sauber F1 driver Zhou Guanyu found himself in pit lane mayhem at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. These issues echoed the problems at this season’s first race in Bahrain, where the team had a wheel nut nightmare with Valtteri Bottas’s car. Bottas experienced a pit stop horror story that reminded the watchers-on of Monaco 20221…
