Stake F1 Staff KICK Sauber returns to the Arduous Rock Stadium and the Miami Worldwide Autodrome for what guarantees to be an exhilarating Miami Grand Prix.
The crew continues to progress and can intention to attain its first factors of the season within the first of three races within the US within the 2024 calendar.
Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Staff Consultant: “We head to Miami decided to make one other step ahead after the progress we made in China. We had been in agency competition for the factors for almost all of the dash weekend, and there’s no purpose to imagine we won’t do the identical this time round, and hopefully carry some factors to the board. We maintain working, we maintain combating – everyone seems to be pushing in the identical course, each at residence and trackside, and we actually wish to break our duck and reap the rewards of our work. Most significantly, we do not let something distract us from our quick focus, which is to extract as a lot efficiency as attainable from the automobile and get outcomes this season. That is our goal, and we’re all assured we will play a job within the battle for some higher positions within the Constructors’ Championship this 12 months.”
Valtteri Bottas: “I am enthusiastic about racing in Miami once more, a observe I like and the place I’ve seen respectable outcomes up to now. Whereas final weekend did not go as deliberate, the brand new dash format has usually labored fairly effectively for me and the crew: we had been on the verge of combating for factors with each automobiles, and we’re making strides in the fitting course. If we sustain our progress, I am hopeful that we might be within the combine for factors as soon as once more, probably with a happier conclusion. This weekend, we’ll have two alternatives to attain, and if we execute our classes effectively, we might be proper up there. In such a aggressive discipline, the place even the smallest enhancements or errors can have a big effect, it is necessary to maximise each alternative – understanding that the competitors is working exhausting on their efficiency as effectively. The crew is hungry to be combating for factors and we’re hopeful to carry them residence from Miami.”
Zhou Guanyu: “I’m nonetheless wanting again with amazement on the final race. That weekend, the welcome we acquired and the love from everybody might be a tricky act to observe, however we’re carrying all that power and assist ahead to the following race. I am actually wanting ahead to Miami – it is such a energetic metropolis with a observe that is each attention-grabbing and difficult, and I’ve simply had some productive simulation session with the crew in Hinwil to arrange for the circuit. We have observed a constructive pattern for our automobile, each when it comes to efficiency and tempo over the previous few races, and our improve packages appear to be working as anticipated. We got here near scoring our first factors within the earlier dash session, so I am decided to provide it my all as soon as once more – each within the dash and the race – to be combating for factors for the crew.”