Sauber: We win together, lose together

Sauber are convinced there will not be a repeat of the Monaco fiasco when Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr collided after the latter ignored team orders.

Battling for position around the streets of the Principality, Nasr was ordered to move over and allow Ericsson through. He didn’t.

Ericsson took matters into his own hands and made a lunging move on his team-mate that resulted in two damaged Saubers. Both drivers retired soon after.

In an open letter to their fans, the Hinwill team said: “What happened is unacceptable.

The commentators of German broadcaster RTL put it like this: The crash was Marcus’ fault as he caused it with a risky manoeuvre. And it was Felipe’s responsibility as he should have listened to the team and shouldn’t have closed the door on his teammate.

“A team is a team.

“We all know football (or soccer, for our American friends). Right, F1 is not football but here’s an analogy which we hope will help to understand our point of view. Can we all agree that in football, what counts is the best possible result for the club… for the …

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