Esteban Gutierrez has been confirmed as Sauber's second driver in 2013. The Mexican will move up from GP2 to partner Nico Hulkenberg in an all new line up for the Swiss team. "Esteban has already been part of the team for a long time and we have followed his career very closely,” said Team Principal Monisha Kaltenborn. “In 2010 we signed him up as an affiliated driver, and in 2011 and 2012 he was our test and reserve driver. We mapped out his path to Formula […]

According to team boss Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber will announce the identity Nico Hulkenberg's 2013 teammate this weekend. "We have always said it will be announced during the season," she is quoted in Brazil by France's L'Equipe. It is an open secret that the candidates are incumbent Kamui Kobayashi, who has been frantically trying to find a sponsor, and Mexican youngster Esteban Gutierrez, whose appointment would keep Sauber's major backer Telmex happy. Japanese Kobayashi is quoted by Brazil's Globo: "This could be my last race, I […]

Sergio Perez is hoping to end his Sauber career on a positive note

Sergio Perez made up four place in the United States Grand Prix, but pointed to a brake issue for limiting his progress further. Perez started from fifteenth place but could climb no higher than eleventh. "My start worked really well and the first laps were good too. I had a good pace, and the car was really quick, but then around lap ten I had a problem with the brakes. The pedal became very long and I had big difficulties before every corner. This cost […]

Sergio Perez vows to fight for points in the US Grand Prix. Perez qualified only fifteenth but aims to put on a show for his Mexican fans. "We have lost a lot of performance compared to this morning’s practice session and at the moment we don’t really know why. The track temperature increased a lot, but for me the tyre warm up still wasn’t any better. My car tended to oversteer quite a lot in qualifying. Perhaps we did not follow the way the track […]

Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi is worried that the amount of time taking to heat up the tyres will make qualifying in America tough. "The high speed corners of the new circuit are very enjoyable, I really like driving here. The first session was about getting familiar with the track and waiting for the tarmac to improve for a better grip level. In the beginning of the second session I did a 20-lap long run on hard tyres before we then had a break due to […]

Sebastian Vettel was quickest as F1 returned to the United States of America. Vettel, who starts his 100th race this weekend, set a time of 1:38.125 to top the time sheets. The session began on an incredibly slippery circuit, with Kamui Kobayashi barely troubling an apex on his first flying lap. The track slowly rubbered in, but still caught several drivers out, most notably at the penultimate corner. Nico Hulkenberg spun a couple of times and he was joined by Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen […]

Kamui Kobayashi has said that he is looking forwards to F1's return to the USA - so that he can meet some real cowboys. Kobayashi finished sixth in Abu Dhabi and admits he has no idea what the Circuit of the Americas will hold for Sauber. "I have never been to Texas, as I have only been to New York and Las Vegas in America. I know this will be something completely different and perhaps pretty exciting because Texas is cowboy country, so I hope […]

Telmex giant Carlos Slim has said that he believes Esteban Gutierrez will race for Sauber in 2013. With Sergio Perez moving on to McLaren, Slim - one of the richest men in the world - has picked his compatriot and GP2 race winner Gutierrez to be his successor. "We are talking to Sauber for next season and we intend to continue together in 2013, obviously with a Mexican as a driver, which is Esteban Gutierrez", Slim told Cancha magazine. Sauber has already confirmed Nico Hulkenberg for 2013, […]

Rating the drivers after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sergio Perez has expressed his disappointment after finishing 15th at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Perez collided with Romain Grosjean at Turn 14 and was given a drive through penalty. "We were looking really good in the race, and I had the feeling even a podium would have been possible. But then after my pit stop I got stuck behind Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta, and could not get by them because I didn’t have enough straight-line speed", he said. "I had to risk […]

Kamui Kobayashi pointed to problems with his car's balance as he qualified 16th