(Sauber F1 Team)
The Sauber F1 Team's Marcus Ericsson completed the Swiss based outfit's two day test programme as the two day post season test at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi came to an end on Wednesday. The Swedish driver completed 207 laps over the course of the test and on second day Ericsson finished the test in fourth place ahead of the Caterham F1 Team's Will Stevens. Speaking following the test, Ericsson stated:
'I have had two great testing days with just a few problems. We have completed a productive test programme over both days, and we have covered almost everything we had planned. I had a good time getting to know the people within the team, and starting to work with everyone. Starting to drive the C33, building my feeling for the car, and giving my input for next year’s car was important. Overall, we had two constructive test days.
Today we continued to work on different set-ups, aero measurements and tyre evolutions, which will be beneficial for next year. This was a good start. Now I am even more motivated to work extremely hard with the team over the winter to be prepared for the first test.'
The Sauber F1 Team head into the Winter aiming to rebuild for 2015 following an extremely difficult 2014 season in which the team failed to score a single point for the first time in their Formula One history.
The team have already begun the rebuilding process with the arrival of Marcus Ericsson, Felipe Nasr and Banco Du Brasil. Nasr finished today's session, his final day or the Williams Martini Racing team in eighth place. Speaking about the test, the Sauber F1 Team's Test Engineer Paul Russel stated:
'Overall it was a good day. We carried on with the aero work from yesterday. Besides that, we continued to investigate what the tyres for next year were like, which was more detailed today. We had technical issues with the brakes. Therefore, we did some brake tests, which were interesting. Although we had a short delay because of this, we were able to get almost everything done. We continued working with Marcus, which was good. At the end of the day, he did short runs with qualifying settings.'
© Ben Johnston 2014
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