KICK Sauber F1 Crew returns to Europe because it makes its option to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Following an exhilarating Canadian Grand Prix, the staff continued to work laborious to extract efficiency from its C44 and used the week between the races to get to Barcelona in the very best form.
An excellent mixture of high-and low-speed corners – with a difficult Flip 3, Barcelona is ready to be an attention-grabbing race that may see a really tight area combating for the factors.
Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Crew Consultant: “We return to Europe after a difficult weekend in Montreal, decided to bounce again on the first attainable event. The staff is united, we perceive that complete enhancements are important throughout all areas, however we stay assured in our potential to compete for factors as soon as once more. The tight margins on this sport imply that even the smallest enhancement could be pivotal, notably in qualifying. Enhancing our single-lap efficiency is significant to positioning ourselves higher on race day and concentrating on a top-10 end. Our dedication and laborious work shall be key to turning our season round and everybody, each trackside and again in Hinwil, is able to embrace the problem forward.”
Valtteri Bottas: “It is good to be again in Barcelona, a spot that we all know just like the again of our fingers. This can be a place that all the time suited me and really feel I could be at my greatest right here. It is a circuit that has no secrets and techniques for the groups: now we have reams of information about it, in each situation and with each variable accounted for therefore, as soon as once more, it is going to be the best particulars that may make the distinction, particularly on Saturday. Though we have not been as robust in the previous few races as we ought to be, we’re assured in our skills. The staff has put in large quantities of effort to know our points and enhance our efficiency. It is a tight area, however with improved qualifying, we all know we could be again within the combat for factors once more.”
Zhou Guanyu: “I am excited to be again racing once more, and I’m decided to get again into the combat for factors. Sadly, the previous few races did not go nicely for me and the staff, however we’re decided to bounce again. We have used our little break correctly to determine points and work laborious to be aggressive once more. I’ve some good recollections of Barcelona – final 12 months’s race was a number of enjoyable and I introduced residence some factors, too. It is a observe we all know nicely and that ought to imply there shall be no surprises – it’s going to be all about final efficiency. It will be essential for us to start out robust: nailing our setup early into the free apply classes with a lot of working to place us in place for qualifying and finally the race.”
