“The new engines have hurt us. In 2014, our engine was way off the pace and we also did not do the best job on the cars, but last year was better. This year we could not do a good job with the car due to COMMERCIAL CONSTRAINTS,” says Monisha Kaltenborn, the CEO and team principal of Sauber.
For the fourth oldest team on the grid, the last few years have been disappointing. Sauber, which has been languishing at the bottom of the table, has failed to score even a single point so far this year and could well end up with a blank sheet for the second time in three years. (Sauber had drawn a blank in 2014, but scored 36 points last season.)
Apart from failing to build a good car, Sauber’s poor performance has also been the result of unequal distribution of prize money. This, combined with the ever escalating costs, has brought one of the respectable middle-level teams to its knees.
Sauber is renowned for kick starting the careers of some top drivers like Felipe Massa, Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel, to name a few.
SINCE 2012, Indian-born Austrian, Monisha Kaltenborn, a lawyer by profession, has been heading Sauber. In fact, she is the first female team principal in Formula One. Earlier this year, the team, founded by Peter Sauber, was sold to Longbow Finance S.A., and Kaltenborn, who is also the CEO of Sauber, hopes the deal would help solve the team’s existential issues.
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