(Sauber F1 Team)
The Sauber F1 Team showed on Friday that they have really
made progress in 2015. Following on from their second double point’s finish of
the season last weekend in China, Felipe Nasr ended Friday’s running in Bahrain
in eighth place.
The Brazilian completed 27 laps with a fastest time of 1m
35.793s. Speaking following his day in the car, Nasr stated:
‘It was a good day. The car was behaving quite
well during both practice sessions. During the first practice session we had a
few issues with the brakes. After that was sorted out, I felt the car was going
in the right direction. In the late afternoon we were able to confirm this as
we had a good pace. We also seem to have quite a reasonable balance for the car
during the long-runs. Overall, I think we anticipated some changes here in
Bahrain so prioritised traction and the braking zones. Tomorrow we have to make
sure we go in the same direction.’
Marcus Ericsson who finished the opening session this
morning in 17th place had a better afternoon session as the Swedish
driver completed 34 laps on his way to setting the eleventh fastest time of the
day afternoon in the Sauber 34. Ericsson’s fastest time of the day was 1m
36.148s. Speaking at the end of the day he stated:
‘The first session was not ideal, as I did not
feel comfortable in the car. In FP2 we made some adjustments and it was working
better again. We still have some parts to optimise, but overall it was a good
step forward. It was quite a decent session in which we collected valuable
data. We did short and long runs on the soft and medium compounds. I think we
are where we want to be. For tomorrow we have to make sure that we put it all
together, and then we will be strong again.’
The Sauber F1 Team head into this weekend’s Bahrain Grand
Prix, round four of the 2015 Formula One season in fourth place in the
Constructors championship on 19 points. The Hinwil based outfit will be hoping
to build on their strong start to the year this weekend and head into the three
week break before the start of the European season with more points.
Speaking following today’s action, Sauber’s Head of Track
Engineering Giampaolo Dall’Ara stated:
‘On the programme side it was a smooth day.
Neither Sauber C34-Ferrari had major issues, so we were able to run through the
planned schedule. The first practice session was not of any significance for
the race, as we were having extremely high temperatures. We managed to put
together an aero programme for both cars which was quite productive. In the
late afternoon we started to work on the race preparation by evaluating the car
and doing long-runs. Our programme was slightly interrupted by the red flag at
the end of the session. Otherwise, it was a good day.’
© Ben Johnston 2015
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