Monisha Kaltenborn does not want Sauber to be judged on its 2016 performance, saying it was "anything but a normal season" for the team.Financial problems have hampered Sauber for a number of years, with 2014 seeing the team fail to score a point as it finished behind Marussia in the...

The Sauber Formula 1 team has appointed former Ferrari and Haas strategist Ruth Buscombe as part of its ongoing recruitment drive.The 26-year-old, who left Haas in June after an eight-month stint with the American newcomer, will start work with Sauber at the Malaysian Grand Prix.Buscombe worked as a simulations development...

The Sauber Formula 1 team has appointed Nicolas Hennel de Beaupreau as its new head of aerodynamics. The 43-year-old, who has previously worked in the same role at Lotus, started work at Sauber's factory in Hinwill at the start of September.Head of aerodynamic development Mariano Alperin-Bruvera and Seamus Mullarkey, who...

Sauber has appointed Xevi Pujolar, who worked alongside Max Verstappen during his time at Formula 1 rival Toro Rosso, as head of track engineering. The position has been vacant since Tim Malyon left the Swiss outfit in April, just three months after replacing Giampaolo Dall'Ara.Pujolar began work at Sauber's base...

Xevi Pujolar, who worked alongside Max Verstappen during the teenager's time at Toro Rosso, has left the Formula 1 team.Verstappen's switch to Red Bull, with the ousted Daniil Kvyat returning to the team where he started his F1 career instead, is understood to have resulted in an internal reshuffle at...

Toro Rosso has praised new signing Max Verstappen for the job he did in his first proper test for his new squad at Adria on Wednesday.The Dutch teenager completed 148 laps of the Italian circuit, comfortably racking up the necessary mileage to qualify for an F1 superlicense in one of...

Jean-Eric Vergne has confirmed that former Williams chief race engineer Xevi Pujolar will look after him at the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team this year.Pujolar switched from Williams to Toro Rosso over the winter, leaving the way open for Ferrari's Rob Smedley to make the move across to Williams.Toro Rosso...

Pastor Maldonado - 16th: "We were fighting hard today with the cars around us but the pace wasn't quite in the car to be able to challenge for the top ten. We lost some time in the pitstops today and ultimately we couldn't recover the places. It's been a great...

Valtteri Bottas - 13th: "The weekend has been difficult for us so far in the wet as we have struggled to get the best set-up here. Our car seems to suit the dry better at the moment so I think 13th is a fair reflection of where we are today....

Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery believes the lack of rain-tire testing opportunities has contributed to Formula 1 cars struggling more in wet conditions.While drivers backed the FIA's call to delay Q3 at Interlagos by 40 minutes on Saturday, several suggested that the performance of the Pirelli wets was not perfect...