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Jan152019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Giovinazzi does not want comparisons with Leclerc

Antonio Giovinazzi does not want to be burdened by the achievements of Charles Leclerc from last season in his first full season in Formula 1, when he impressed everyone with his very good performances in his first season in Formula 1 and thus earned a place at Ferrari next season. He believes that many will evaluate and compare him with the young Monaco, whose place he took at Sauber. Giovinazzi has already competed in two Formula 1 races, after replacing the then injured Pascal Wehrlein in the Swiss team at the beginning of the 2017 season. From then on, he played the role of test and development racer for both Sauber and Ferrari. The 2 GP2016 world runner-up will be accompanied by a challenging rival, 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen. In the coming season

Jan112019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Will Arrivabene transfer to Sauber?

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German media report that the fired Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene is said to have followed his former racer Kimi Raikkonen to the Swiss Sauber team, which is becoming increasingly close to the Maranello team. Arrivabene's close ties with the owners of Ferrari suggest that the Italian would take a role in the Sauber team, which would then slowly become the factory team of Alfa Romeo. Raikkonen did not want to comment on the rumors about Arrivabene before the new season, nor was he overly talkative about the team’s chances this season. “We’ll see when the race car is on the track, and then we’ll plan how to move forward,” he said. But I think we have every chance of achieving a lot, and no one knows where this will take us. "The Finn breathed a sigh of relief after leaving Ferrari, as he had never been a supporter of politics.

Jan82019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

At Sauber, they rushed like crazy with the development of the car

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Sauber boss Eric Vasseur said he had a good feeling ahead of this season, as they turned to this year’s race car very early on. The Sauber team finished last season in eighth place among constructors, and with good results, they were able to focus on the design of the car for this season, when the changes in the rules regarding the aerodynamics of cars will be a bit mixed. “We rushed like crazy so we could start developing the car for the new season early on,” Vasseur said. "So very early on we diverted all the funds in the factory to the 2019 season car. We have a good feeling, but such rule changes are pretty drastic, so you never know how good the car will be. You can pick up a completely wrong philosophy, and that's then you see only in Barcelona (n

Dec72018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Raikkonen: We have everything we need for a good season

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Kimi Raikkonen believes that the Sauber team has what it takes to prepare a competitive racing car by next season. After five years at Ferrari, the Finn returns to the team where he started his career in Formula 1. He returned to the team at the Pirelli tire test in Abu Dhabi. Despite the fact that Sauber is still in a rebuilding period after a few challenging seasons, Raikkonen believes that Fred Vasseur is leading the team in the right direction. "I'm looking forward to next season. Of course, it's a bit different when you return to a team I've been in. However, there are a lot of new people in the team." "I think we have everything we need to put together a good racing car and then have a good season. With the Ferrari engine, we will definitely be competitive." "I really don't see any reason why we can't do it. It was important to me,

Nov232018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Raikkonen in Sauber already on testing in Abu Dhabi

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Kimi Raikkonen will test the Sauber car for the first time already at the post-season testing in Abu Dhabi. Raikkonen signed a two-year contract with the Swiss team in September. Team manager Frederic Vasseur confirmed that the world champion from the 2007 season will sit behind the wheel of a racing car for the first time already at the two-day tests after the end of this season, which will take place on November 27 and 28. The last race of this season will be the one hundred and fifty-first and, at the same time, his last for Ferrari. Before his last race for the Italian team, he said that he had no reason to be sad. "Of course, I've already left the team once, so it's nothing new for me. I'm not jealous, because I have no reason to be. We'll continue to be friends. We'll see each other a lot in the future, but we won't be in the same garage anymore." "We are doge together

Nov112018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Leclerc: Round in Q2 the best of my career

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Charles Leclerc was also surprised by his run in the second part of the qualifiers, with which he qualified for the last part. The team called him to the garages before the start of the last round due to the approaching rain. Leclerc, who was in eleventh place at the time, did not take this into account and decided to drive the last lap, despite warnings. He was extremely successful on the already used supersoft tires and with a time of 1: 08.335 he qualified for the last part, thus ousting Kevin Magnussen from the top ten. He then set the eighth time in the last part, but due to the penalty of Daniel Ricciard, he will start the race from the seventh starting place. “It was an amazing round, I didn’t expect that myself yet,” he answered when asked how good a round he managed. "If I had known any before

October312018 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Tatiana Calderon for the first time in an F1 race car

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Tatiana Calderon, a 25-year-old Colombian, boarded a Sauber C37 car on Tuesday and drove 23 laps on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez track, just under 100 kilometers, which is the maximum speed allowed in such cases. Calderon, who otherwise races in the GP3 series, did a "recording of promotional material" with the team, while driving with "promotional" tires that are not similar in grip to the tires used by racers. Stem became the first female driver to drive a Formula 1 car after 2015, when Sise Wolff (wife of Toto Wolff, the head of Mercedes) competed for the Williams team in free practice. “It was an amazing experience,” she said. “The power, the braking, the grip of the race car, it’s all amazing and I felt very comfortable on the track.

October62018 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Leclerc in Suzuki from tenth place, despite relegation in Q2

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Charles Leclerc was disappointed at the end of the second part of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, as he failed to make it into the top ten by just 0.016 seconds. "It's a shame that we didn't manage to qualify for the last part of qualifying today," said the Sauber driver, who will race for Ferrari next season. "The car was fast enough. I made a small mistake in the first fast lap in Q2, but then I couldn't improve the time as it started to rain. Overall, it's a good day for us as we're obviously fast enough to prove ourselves tomorrow. " Nevertheless, the Monaco driver will start the race from tenth place, as Esteban Ocon, who qualified ahead of him in eighth place, lost three starting places due to a foul during free practice. On top of that, the 20-year-old, because he failed to qualify for Q3, will be the day before tomorrow

Sep252018 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Giovinazzi next season teammate Raikkonen

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The Alfa romeo Sauber team has confirmed that a member of the Ferrari Academy of Young Racers Antonio Givoinazzi will race next season with Kimi Raikkonen. “My dream has come true,” Giovinazzi said. "I am honored to represent such an iconic and successful brand as Alfa Romeo in our sport as an Italian." Giovinazzi has competed in free practice with the team a few times this year, and with Sauber, as well as with the Haas team, he has done some testing. The Italian has already raced for Sauber last year, replacing the injured Pascal Wehrlein in two races. Sauber team boss Frederic Vasseur explained that Ferrari has one racing seat on his team “reserved” for its young racers, while the contract with Raikkonen is independent of the Maranello team. "First of all, we support

Sep242018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Robertson: Kimi still enjoys racing

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Raikkonen, who will celebrate his 2001th birthday next month, recently signed a two-year contract with the team with which he made his Formula 1 debut in 1. Robertson said Raikkonen's desire to race in Formula 1 was so great that he did not decide to transfer any. among other categories of motorsport, despite the fact that there was no room for him in any of the best teams. "Kimi wants to drive a Formula 1 car, she loves it. People were surprised that he didn't retire after losing his seat at Ferrari. Most of them thought he would retire after all these years, sit on a yacht and enjoy the rest of his life. He he just loves racing in Formula XNUMX. racing at the border.If he didn't want to do that he would ride motocross, but that's the highlight for him.When we found out that at Ferrari for him