http://badgergp.com/2010/03/sauber/ Formula 1 isn't boring... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://badgergp.com/2010/03/sauber/#comment-1424 f1daveh Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:17:34 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=14428#comment-1424 Yep, i agree with your prediction to a point. I think Pedro feels he'll have something to prove and may not be quite as slow as expected, but will compare badly against his team mate over a single lap. I'm finding their testing times difficult to read. I suspect there has been an element of running lighter than the others, though i think that's got more to do with Ferrari, McLaren, RB and co. sandbagging rather than Sauber taking fuel out. Even though the last couple of days were supposed to paint a clearer picture to who's quickest, i think it's just blurred the issue further. I hope Sauber are right up there though making the top 4 a top 5 for a few races, Kobayashi managed to rattle Button in his very first appearance so psychologically he's already got one scalp, and he's made it abundantly clear he doesn't care about other peoples fights. Let's just hope he doesn't fall into the more traditional Japanese mold of having flashes of speed coupled with many trips to gravel traps. I think the car is on a similar level to last year's Toyota. They'll manage to surprise people with their pace early-on but will gradually go backwards in the development war. Fingers crossed they take advantage of their er... advantage while they have it, unlike Toyota who failed to capitalise in 09. Yep, i agree with your prediction to a point. I think Pedro feels he'll have something to prove and may not be quite as slow as expected, but will compare badly against his team mate over a single lap.
I'm finding their testing times difficult to read. I suspect there has been an element of running lighter than the others, though i think that's got more to do with Ferrari, McLaren, RB and co. sandbagging rather than Sauber taking fuel out. Even though the last couple of days were supposed to paint a clearer picture to who's quickest, i think it's just blurred the issue further.
I hope Sauber are right up there though making the top 4 a top 5 for a few races, Kobayashi managed to rattle Button in his very first appearance so psychologically he's already got one scalp, and he's made it abundantly clear he doesn't care about other peoples fights. Let's just hope he doesn't fall into the more traditional Japanese mold of having flashes of speed coupled with many trips to gravel traps.
I think the car is on a similar level to last year's Toyota. They'll manage to surprise people with their pace early-on but will gradually go backwards in the development war. Fingers crossed they take advantage of their er... advantage while they have it, unlike Toyota who failed to capitalise in 09.

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