The Spanish Grand Prix turned the fifteenth race in a row the place the Sauber workforce didn’t rating factors. The founder Peter Sauber, who had retired a very long time in the past, visited this stage of the championship based on a long-standing custom, however his presence within the paddock didn’t assist.
Within the center stage of the race, in some unspecified time in the future Guanyu Zhou reached the ninth place, however after the second cease he fell again to thirteenth. His Finnish workforce fared worse, though he began in twelfth place and possibly gave hope that he may problem for the factors. However already firstly, the Finn misplaced a few positions, and the techniques that the workforce selected for him (the primary two sections of the gap on tender tires, and the final one on onerous tires) didn’t justify themselves .
Because of this, he was solely sixteenth on the end line, and even the Finnish media, who attempt to deal with Valtteri’s scenario with understanding, didn’t pay him any consideration this time.
The identical can’t be mentioned concerning the Swiss workforce, particularly, the tabloid Blick writes that Sauber is sad with the Finn, and quotes the phrases of an unnamed worker of the Swiss workforce , who actually mentioned the next: “Bottas is afraid to start out. , he simply acts too cautious! If Nico Hulkenberg was already a Sauber driver, we’d most likely have already scored factors this season.
In line with stories, these phrases have been spoken earlier than the beginning of the race in Barcelona.
It’s troublesome to argue with the primary assertion, as a result of final season, within the first spherical of the races, Valtteri misplaced positions very often. As for the second, beginning subsequent 12 months Hulkenberg could have an opportunity to show himself, however yesterday he completed eleventh, and in whole he has 6 factors, and is frequently forward of Kevin Magnussen , his workforce at Haas.
2024-06-24 12:08:00
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