After a thrilling race in Shanghai, the F1 paddock moves rapidly from the Far East to the Middle East for round four of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir. Those involved discuss their prospects for the desert event
After a thrilling race in Shanghai, the F1 paddock moves rapidly from the Far East to the Middle East for round four of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir. Those involved discuss their prospects for the desert event
Mark Webber and Esteban Gutierrez have been given grid penalties following today's Chinese Grand Prix. The stewards analysed two collisions and decided that the Red Bull driver and the Sauber driver were at fault.
The Sauber drivers were certainly in the thick of things in the 2013 Chinese GP, but their only reward at the end was a solitary championship point for Nico Hlkenberg.
Sauber F1 Team driver Nico Hülkenberg finished tenth and scored one point at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. He was very strong during the first three stints, but then lost ground on his final one. Esteban Gutiérrez made a very good start, but then on lap five lost control of his car under braking and crashed into the back of Adrian Sutil’s car.
A busy post-race evening for the race stewards got underway with grid penalties for Bahrain being handed to Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Sauber’s Esteban Gutirrez.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber will drop three places on the grid for next weekend’s 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix after stewards penalised him for his collision with Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne in Sunday’s Shanghai race. And Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez will be demoted five grid places at Sakhir for his crash with Force India’s Adrian Sutil
Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez will drop five places on the grid for next weekend’s 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix after stewards penalised him for his collision in Sunday’s Shanghai race. Gutierrez ran into the back of Adrian Sutil€s Force India at Turn 14 on lap five. The Mexican rookie was out on the spot, the impact having ripped
Jenson Button, Daniel Ricciardo, Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg all secured points for themselves and their teams in China…
The Sauber team reckoned that there had been clear progress for them after Nico Hlkenberg made it through to Q3 – although his team mate was not as fortunate.
The Sauber F1 Team progressed in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix following some changes to the car after analysing the performances in the first two races.
There were top ten grid slots in Shanghai for Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Hulkenberg…
Nico Hulkenberg thinks Sauber still needs to push hard in bringing further updates to its car before it is able to feel its season is back on track.
There were top ten times in Friday’s Chinese GP practice for Jenosn Button, Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta…
After a faltering start to his Sauber career, Nico Hulkenberg is looking for a step forward from new parts in China.
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Sauber F1 Team Race Preview for the 2013 Chinese GP in Shanghai. Find out about our drivers’ X-factor in Shanghai. Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban answer fans’ question in our Ask the Driver series.