Tech Corner: Sauber updates banked on investment

We all know that Sauber have been in a precarious financial position for some time now, a team that came out of BMW’s departure from the sport with some fantastic facilities and personnel and then became F1’s shrinking violet. 

Key personnel such as James Key, Matt Morris, Willem Toet and Mark Smith leaving for pastures new are never going to be easy to swallow and show that the financial issues were taking their toll.

So, when the news hit that Longbow Investment had purchased the team it must have been a real shot in the arm for their employees.  The news of Xevi Pujolar joining as head of trackside engineering will be seen as large coup too.  Xevi was a race engineer for Williams for many years working with the likes of Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Webber and Pastor Maldonado before joining Toro Rosso in a similar role, engineering Max Verstappen at Toro Rosso before he left.  Therefore he takes a wealth of experience into his new role and should be a good fit in the Swiss team, who will undoubtedly go on the recruitment offensive to bolster the team and improve performance.

Much like the way Force India are currently being categorised, they …

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