Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu driving at Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya
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Sauber “seem in a better place” after improved showing over F1 Spanish GP weekend — Bottas

Valtteri Bottas has lamented Sauber’s struggles in the high speed after a difficult Spanish Grand Prix weekend. The Finnish driver languished in 16th place at the chequered flag after going the wrong way with strategy. He was very impressive in qualfying, missing out on Q3 by 0.118s as he ended up P12. Sauber generally looked…

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“We see the issues on data” — Zhou Guanyu hopeful of F1 turnaround at Spanish GP as he reverts to pre-Imola chassis and floor

Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu is ready to leave the Canadian Grand Prix woes behind and looks forward to the Spanish Grand Prix. Speaking on Thursday, the 25-year-old gave an honest assessment of the slump that plagued the team, particularly in the last few race weekends. “What’s missing? I think [it’s] more than the speed, it’s just…

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“There is something coming” — Pujolar says Sauber F1 have developements on the way to improve C44

Sauber Racing Director Xevi Pujolar has maintained faith in his team’s development progress this season as he has assured upgrades are in the pipeline. After 9 Grands Prix and 2 Sprints in 2024, Sauber has not scored a single point in the championship. Alpine has overtaken them in the development race since Bahrain, leaving them…

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“It is not rocket science” — Bottas calls on Sauber F1 to bring sizeable upgrades to get out of current rut

Valtteri Bottas, who has 10 race wins and 67 podiums to his name in F1, has been having a dismal season. The 34-year-old is driving well but does not have the car to deliver big results. The 2024 season has been particularly difficult since the Finn is yet to score a point. That continued in…

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Sauber trying to help Zhou Guanyu is “something that we are working on” as “he doesn’t feel confident” in F1 C44 car — Pujolar

Sauber F1’s racing director Xevi Pujolar spoke post-race after Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix about why the team’s Chinese racer Zhou Guanyu is struggling so much with the C44 compared to teammate Valtteri Bottas. Everyone knows that in motorsport, the first target a driver must achieve is being able to beat his teammate. Valtteri Bottas and…

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Sauber F1 “need to keep working hard” as “better pace” is required to score points — Pujolar

Following a double Q1 elimination on Saturday, Sauber decided to roll the dice and change the rear wings on both cars, starting from pit lane in the Canadian Grand Prix. In reality, Valtteri Bottas was the one who was likely to do anything with it. Zhou Guanyu crashed twice in practice, and he simply had…

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“Definitely one of the worst weekends I ever had” — Zhou Guanyu looks back on a brutal F1 Canadian GP event

Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu endured another weekend without scoring any points. He and teammate Valtteri Bottas were knocked out in the Q1 heading into Sunday’s race, with the Chinese driver slowest of all and almost a second off the pace of the Finn. The team made a tactical decision to change both of their rear wings…

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“Any team would be privileged to have Sainz” — James Vowles hopeful the Spaniard will join Williams F1 next year

Carlos Sainz is undoubtedly the hottest topic on the Formula 1 drivers’ market since it was announced that Lewis Hamilton is taking his seat at Ferrari next year. However, the options he seemed to have at the start of the season are slowly slipping through his fingers, with Sergio Perez securing a two-year contract extension…

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“I don’t want to be the reserve” driver — Zhou Guanyu believes “it’s difficult to come back” if he drops off the F1 grid at the end of 2024

It has not been a positive 2024 so far for Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu. After starting off the season strongly achieving his best result, an eleventh place in Bahrain, a number of races have been marred by pit stop issues, as well as a gearbox problem which forced the 25-year-old to retire in Japan. The Chinese…

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