Sauber completed the first race of the European calendar with zero points to its name which means the team remain on zero points so far in 2024. Try as they might with different strategies on a track where it is difficult to overtake, they were facing an uphill battle as their rivals had brought a…
Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…
Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas sat down during Imola Media Day to talk about his future in Formula 1 and his year so far. This season, Sauber’s pit stops haven’t started off well at all. The team has experienced repeated 45-second pit stops due to wheel replacements where the wheel nuts became cross-threaded. Due to this,…
Esteban Ocon has emerged as a serious contender for the second Sauber/Audi seat, sources have confirmed to Pit Debrief. On Friday morning European time, it was confirmed by Haas that Nico Hülkenberg would be leaving team at the end of 2024. Minutes later, Sauber/Audi announced the German driver would be joining them for 2025 on…
This past weekend, at the Shanghai International Circuit, Zhou Guanyu felt a lot of love. The Shanghai native had the opportunity to race on his home circuit for the first time ever in Formula One as the Chinese Grand Prix returned to the circuit for the first time in five years. It was a very…
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…
It’s time for the first qualifying session of the weekend as Formula 1 is returning to China for the first time since 2019. Will Verstappen start from pole position in in tomorrow’s Sprint Race, or will someone else take the spotlight away from him? A new Sprint format is debuting this weekend, with Sprint Qualifying…
Fernando Alonso recently signed a multi-year contract extension with Aston Martin, which will see him racing through 2025 and, notably, 2026, when the new technical regulations come into effect. Having initially retired from the sport at the end of the 2018 season, Alonso made waves by announcing his return to the sport just a few…
Zhou Guanyu shares his excitement for his home debut at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. Following a four year hiatus from the calendar, the Shanghai International Circuit will play host to the current generation of Formula 1 cars for the first time. Absent from the calendar since 2019, the Shanghai International Circuit will once again…
After botched pit stops in all three races thus far in 2024, there is some hope from Sauber to improve them before the Chinese Grand Prix. According to Alessandro Alunni Bravi the team in Hinwill has been working around the clock to try and find a resolution to the issues, which are rooted in the new pit equipment Sauber has produced for this season.
