Co-author: Lucrezia Costa The Formula 1 grid is all set to welcome a new power unit supplier as the German manufacturer Audi is poised to complete its takeover of the Sauber F1 team ahead of its 2026 entry. However, their journey has been anything but smooth sailing. With Sauber yet to score a point this…
Franco Colapinto races for Williams since the Italian Grand Prix. The Argentinian impressed with his performance and scored points for the Grove based team. Many say he deserves a seat for the 2025 season. The last vacant seat is at Kick Sauber. Colapinto began this year in Formula 2 with MP Motorsport. He already had…
Sauber are having one of their toughest seasons in Formula One as the team languishes at the back of the pack. At the Singapore Grand Prix, their driver Zhou Guanyu finished 15th out of the 18 finishers. The Chinese driver was relatively pleased with his race at Marina Bay, beating Valtteri Bottas on merit. His…
Sauber’s miserable season continued at the Singapore Grand Prix as they finished in P15 and P16, although they did manage to cross the line ahead of Pierre Gasly and Daniel Ricciardo. Once again, Valtteri Bottas did a great job in qualifying, outpacing his teammate Zhou Guanyu by almost half a second as they were slowest…
Sauber is the only team yet to score a point after 16 races in the 2024 season. The team has been facing multiple problems throughout the year. In the opening rounds, problems with their equipment meant they had very, very slow stops, taking them out of any potential points scoring opportunities when the car was…
With the 2025 grid almost finalized, the soon-to-be Audi team has yet to decide who will partner Nico Hülkenberg next season. Initially, Carlos Sainz was tipped to join the Hinwil-based team before the Spaniard ultimately decided to join Williams instead following the uncertainty about the competitiveness of the project. Finalising their lineup for next year…
Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu discuss what was an uneventful race for the team last weekend, as the team’s pointless streak continues. Having once again failed to score points in the Italian Grand Prix, Kick Sauber are looking ahead under the watchful eye of incumbent Mattia Binotto, with the aim of improving the C44 before…
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…
After fourteen rounds, Sauber has yet to score a point in the 2024 Formula 1 season. As Audi is set to take over in 2026, the exit of CEO Andreas Seidl and chairman of the board Oliver Hoffmann has only escalated concerns over their pace of development and competitiveness. The signing of former Ferrari boss…
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…
