Monisha Kaltenborn

Sauber NEED to “understand tyre issues” for Azerbaijan

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Sauber have come away from the Canadian GP in a less than jubilant mood with concerns over tyre use and management that management will need to get to grips with before the low grip surface in Azerbaijan is tackled. Feelings from the Sauber team camp in Canada were not as optimistic as they have been. … Read more

Sauber denies financial troubles behind engine decision

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Fortis Ferrari arrived at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix with a new upgraded power unit and the hope of toppling the Silver Arrows team. Having used 3 of their remaining tokens for the season, it’s believed  this upgraded unit is will deliver an extra 15-30 bhp. However their customer team, … Read more

#F1 Daily News and Comment: Wednesday, 15th April 2015

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UPDATED GMT:11:00 A Daily Round up of Formula One news, inside whispers, opinion and comment. Today, Renault – First leads on troublesome engine parts Italian Moderator sacked for insulting Fernando Alonso Causa Sauber Has W06 update cured Mercedes Achilles heel? FIA Press Conferences Bahrain 2015 Renault – First leads on troublesome engine parts Daniil Kvyat’s … Read more

The Top-20 #F1 Constructors who Failed to win a Championship – 14th Sauber

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs As with my series on drivers, I started with the Wiki ‘List of Formula One Constructors’ and quickly reduced 136 to 43 eligible constructors by removing the Champions, and those hopefuls who failed to last beyond two or three seasons, and also those who only competed before 1958. … Read more

Adam Parr calls Ecclestone’s Concorde deal ‘a crime’ and the EU commission, negligent

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Hijacked by Mercedes

Unfortunately for Adam, this would normally have been the lead story of the day (tue), crossing the North Sea at great pace from Germany. However, the tune to which everyone was dancing came from Mercedes AMG F1 super woofers – Lauda and Wolff.

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Certina continue Sauber support, Wolff: ‘Driver management thankless task’, Herbert: Crass reasoning on Stewarding, Bianchi wins 1st time out 2013, Senna spreading net outside F1, Mercedes 2013

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Certina and Sauber: Certina, the Swiss sports watchmaker are to extend their existing sponsorship of the Sauber F1 team. Apparently they will be gifting one of their precision time pieces to each member of the race team – not exactly sure what that means but it may be unlucky if you design widgets back at base maybe. Their logo will be on the drivers visors, the sidepods and wind deflectors.

“Certina has always been strongly committed to cutting-edge technology,” says Monisha Kaltenborn, CEO of the Sauber F1 Team, “and that’s an ideology we share. Since 2005, we have also been united by an enduring partnership that embraces common values such as innovation and efficiency. These are key factors behind the upturn in the Sauber F1 Team to which Certina has made a definitive contribution.”

Adrian Bosshard, President von Certina, corroborates this: “After an eight-year partnership with the Sauber F1 Team, we are delighted to be continuing to make use of this dynamic and innovative Formula One platform. The Team’s professional work ethic and typical Swiss mindset are the perfect match for our brand.” (Sauber Press Release)

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Pic to Caterham, Gutiérrez to Sauber, Heikki out, Alosno $10m WDC win bonus, Dennis conspicuous by absence, FI $80m announcement to shore up confidence, Lewis appears whistful, Mr. E warns Interlagos

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Editor’s note: So much is happening and the driver market has been moving quickly, so since I release the last post GMT 00:00 I am releasing another one to make update’s easier to read.

I’ve added a ‘search bar’ on the right hind side bar…so if you want to find a story easily you can type “Lewis pushed” and all articles with that phrase will be presented in a list.

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Yesterday we met our friends from Malaysia. Today I want to say Hi to those of you from Indonesia who regularly read the site – introduce yourselve’s in the comments. Thank you for reading regularly.

Dominicali: When asked at the FIA conference about the new engines and regulation changes for 2014, he said “we already have a group of small people already working on the project”. I don’t know what to say really. Oompa Lumpa’s – chocolate rivers at Maranello

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Heikki 2013 chances slim, Perez burns his bridges, Mercedes abandon Coanda, Luca relinquishes political ambition

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Editor’s note: Thank you for the many kind words about my rehab. I am on less hallucinogenic tablets now and am raring to go for the seasons finale.

In line with recent habit of identifying far flung thejudge13 readers, I want to say Hello to those of you from Malaysia. Say hello in the comments – we’re glad of your support.

 Heikki on 2013: thejudge13 reported yesterday that Heikki may be struggling for a drive in 2013. Having had a chat with someone who knows more than me, I revealed the analysis of Kovaleinen’s performance against his team-mate which was not great – and this in part is what teams do look at.

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