Sauber F1 Team 2015

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Miguel wrote:It's not once you take into account teams test with only one car each. Okay, they possibly ran lighter than average in testing for sponsors, but not disgracefully so: this car is far from the disaster last year's car was.
I'm yet to be convinced of that. It's not the disaster last year's was, but I'm not sure it's far from it.

They're still going to be pooling around near the back. They just got lucky in Australia to get some points in the bag.

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GPR-A wrote:Did anyone, including Sauber, claimed they are going for wins or podiums? Their winter testing form was an evidence that they have moved forward and Ferrari PU has played a big part in that. That was the only fact that is being highlighted, not that they would win a championship or even gain a podium.
Yes, lots of people were getting very excited, and claiming that Sauber had a very fast car - "just look at their testing times, they're fastest or second fastest every day". The people claiming that this was just them doing advertising runs for sponsors were absolutely correct. They absolutely were running light fuel tanks to show impressive times that weren't reflective of their true position.

And yes, as Phil points out, sauber being 4th or 5th fastest may well be overly generous. When the dust settles we may yet discover that they're slower than RBR and TR, and maybe even Lotus. That would make them faster only than McLaren with big problems and Manor. That would not exactly make this an exciting move forward.
Dust settles? You mean to say that, as the season progresses and millions of dollars are spent in trying to move forward? Yes, you are right that Suaber will go backwards, because Sauber cannot afford it. With whatever they had, THEY PROVED that they have built a better car to start with. This is hypothetical, but may be, if the the RBR dollars are given to Sauber, they may just be able to make a better car than RBR, who knows. And if RBR, TR and (to lesser extent) Lotus cannot move forward, it would be a huge shame on them that they couldn't beat a team that is badly struggling for finances.

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Moose wrote:
Miguel wrote:It's not once you take into account teams test with only one car each. Okay, they possibly ran lighter than average in testing for sponsors, but not disgracefully so: this car is far from the disaster last year's car was.
I'm yet to be convinced of that. It's not the disaster last year's was, but I'm not sure it's far from it.

They're still going to be pooling around near the back. They just got lucky in Australia to get some points in the bag.
I see your point. On the good side, Nasr was 0.1s away from Q3, and they beat both FI's.

Sepang should provide a much better comparison point. It's a more traditional car, Lotus may actually make it past the first lap, and we'll see if Renault is as bad as it was on Melbourne. If they're close-ish to Q3, it should be a reasonable season for them.
I am not amazed by F1 cars in Monaco. I want to see them driving in the A8 highway: Variable radius corners, negative banking, and extreme narrowings that Tilke has never dreamed off. Oh, yes, and "beautiful" weather tops it all.

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." Niels Bohr

efuloni
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Marciello will drive Nasr's car during FP1.

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Found this video on Youtube with some excellent stuff on Sauber, their windtunnel (and Ericsson)

Enjoy!

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Willem Toet on Gardening leave ?... He never sounded much like a gardener.

His lecture on wind tunnels was quite superb...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC0E0wU6inU

as was his Lanchester lecture.
https://soundcloud.com/aerosociety-podc ... erodynamic

The windtunnel video is on Saubers Youtube channel and might not be there much longer.

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Phil wrote:Found this video on Youtube with some excellent stuff on Sauber, their windtunnel (and Ericsson)

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agyBvbhKOdc
Ericsson the successor to Ronnie Peterson....

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Don't think so, Peterson was actually highly talented and quite successful.

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Well, solid race by both drivers. The battle between Ericsson and Ricciardo was great and the Swedish did a good job though he finally lost the battle.

I hope Ericsson can continue doing a fine job with making stupid mistakes like in Malaysia.

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It was good to see another double points finish, yes! Both cars even made it to Q3, which bodes well for tracks like Montmelo and Silverstone. I was less than impressed by their performance in Sepang, though. All in all, given the strength of the Ferrari engine and the struggles of Renault and Honda, it seems their nightmare 2014 is behind them.

So what will be Sauber's final WCC position? Will they score over 50 points? Surprisingly RBR doesn't look massively faster than them, so we could see some nice battles as long as the brake/PU/whatever issues aren't sorted by Milton Keynes' team. Between Lotus, Toro Rosso & Sauber, the midfield will be exciting. Whether RBR, McLaren and Force India solve their issues is another story...
I am not amazed by F1 cars in Monaco. I want to see them driving in the A8 highway: Variable radius corners, negative banking, and extreme narrowings that Tilke has never dreamed off. Oh, yes, and "beautiful" weather tops it all.

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." Niels Bohr

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Servus TV reports with words by Colin Kolles that Jules Bianchi had an agreement with Sauber for 2015 prior the Japanese GP on Sunday in 2014. By offering a seat to Bianchi this season, a big chunk of the debt of that Ferrari engine contract would've been cancelled, which would bring Sauber in a financially more healthier position.

Sauber had contracted 6 drivers at a certain moment: Sutil, Gutierrez, Nasr, Ericsson, VdG and Bianchi.

Kolles also reports Kaltenborn has been doing the dirty business by selling a seat to Ferrari for Bianchi to reduce the debt on that Ferrari engine contract and selling it again to the next driver in line, which would probably be Ericsson or Nasr.

If this is true, I'm truly disgusted by this.

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Miguel wrote:It was good to see another double points finish, yes! Both cars even made it to Q3, which bodes well for tracks like Montmelo and Silverstone. I was less than impressed by their performance in Sepang, though. All in all, given the strength of the Ferrari engine and the struggles of Renault and Honda, it seems their nightmare 2014 is behind them.

So what will be Sauber's final WCC position? Will they score over 50 points? Surprisingly RBR doesn't look massively faster than them, so we could see some nice battles as long as the brake/PU/whatever issues aren't sorted by Milton Keynes' team. Between Lotus, Toro Rosso & Sauber, the midfield will be exciting. Whether RBR, McLaren and Force India solve their issues is another story...
At least they will battle with them one more race. It should be a totally different situation in Barcelona where I expect to see a great improvement from RB and Mclaren. Any other thing would be an enormous surprise.

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Vasconia wrote:
Miguel wrote:It was good to see another double points finish, yes! Both cars even made it to Q3, which bodes well for tracks like Montmelo and Silverstone. I was less than impressed by their performance in Sepang, though. All in all, given the strength of the Ferrari engine and the struggles of Renault and Honda, it seems their nightmare 2014 is behind them.

So what will be Sauber's final WCC position? Will they score over 50 points? Surprisingly RBR doesn't look massively faster than them, so we could see some nice battles as long as the brake/PU/whatever issues aren't sorted by Milton Keynes' team. Between Lotus, Toro Rosso & Sauber, the midfield will be exciting. Whether RBR, McLaren and Force India solve their issues is another story...
At least they will battle with them one more race. It should be a totally different situation in Barcelona where I expect to see a great improvement from RB and Mclaren. Any other thing would be an enormous surprise.
Considering that the upcoming Ferrari PU upgrade should also be available to Sauber for the Spanish GP, Red Bull and the others may not be able to gain much if anything on them...

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But RB and Mclaren will introduce very important aero and engine updates. Sauber will introduce an engine update (if it is available for them in this race) and a smaller aero update.

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mkable1370 wrote: Considering that the upcoming Ferrari PU upgrade should also be available to Sauber for the Spanish GP, Red Bull and the others may not be able to gain much if anything on them...
Sauber would need to get some aero updates to stay competitive. The car is horrendously slow in the corners and unbalanced on braking.