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Sauber F1 “working on a new package” that includes changes to the floor — Pujolar

Sauber, currently sitting last in the Constructors’ Championship with no points, is heading to the Hungarian Grand Prix with a mix of optimism and anticipation. The team’s last outing at the British GP was challenging, but they are hopeful about their prospects in Hungary. Sauber Racing Director Xevi Pujolar discussed the team’s efforts to introduce…

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Bottas and Zhou reflect on point-less F1 British Grand Prix for Sauber: “We just didn’t have the pace”

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…

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“It’s not that difficult to make a decision” — Zhou Guanyu on Carlos Sainz delaying his future in F1

Carlos Sainz’s days in Ferrari are numbered, and he is yet to sign a contract with a different team for the 2025 season.and beyond. On Thursday morning UK time, Haas announced that Ferrari Academy and Prema F2 driver Ollie Bearman had signed a multi-year deal with the team. The silly season keeps on continuing. There…

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Zhou: Sauber “one of the teams that has a bigger offset between different tracks” regarding performance following disappointing F1 Austrian GP

The Austrian Grand Prix was another weekend without points for Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu who finished twentieth in Saturday’s sprint and seventeenth in Sunday’s race. Speaking after the race, the 25-year-old discussed the lap 20 incident which saw him being punted off the track by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso up at turn 3. The Chinese driver…

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Zhou Guanyu: Reverting back to old chassis key to improved performance at F1 Spanish GP — “the feeling is completely different”

Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu explained following the Spanish Grand Prix how a change back to the old chassis that he started the season with has helped him ‘start fresh’ following a horrible run of form in previous events. The chassis he had been using, was introduced at Imola and over its three race appearances, at the…

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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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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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