Sauber without head of track engineering Malyon

  • Published on 02 May 2016 09:38
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  • By: Rob Veenstra

Monisha Kaltenborn was once again missing in action this weekend in Russia. Earlier in 2016, the Sauber boss and co-owner's paddock absence stirred speculation the Swiss team's obvious financial problems may in fact be terminal.

But the well-connected Swiss newspaper Blick insists that Kaltenborn was only absent this weekend at Sochi in order to care for her unwell son. More alarming, however, is that Tim Malyon, Sauber's head of track engineering, has suddenly left the struggling team.

Formerly at Red Bull, Malyon only joined Sauber a few months ago, to replace one of the team's longest-serving members, Giampaolo Dall'Ara. "We have financial difficulties, it's not a secret, but I think the good thing is we are still around," said Sauber's long-time team manager Beat Zehnder in Russia.

"We're working hard to solve all the problems but it's not easy," he added. "An annual budget now (in F1) is just massive and to cover it just by sponsors and the income from Bernie (Ecclestone) is just not sufficient."

As for whether Sauber will be able to make it through the rest of F1's longest-ever race calendar this year, Zehnder deferred to his absent boss. "I think this is a question which Monisha should answer, because I haven't got the overall picture," he said. (GMM)

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  • Vet5

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    They won't solve the problem, and for 2 reasons;

    1) Kaltenborn can't manage a team at all, shes proved this!
    2) The Hybrid engines are far more costly than the old V8's, and this is why I believe they should be scrapped, the old engines were costing around the region of 7-10 mill euros, the hybrids are double that, which is a joke. All the small teams are being affected by this, and with less money to spend, they can't take on experienced senior roles. This is my opinion but I don't think anybody likes the Hybrids do they?

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    • May 2 2016 - 10:32
    • Not scrapped, but they should reduce the electric emphasis a bit. I like them and the concept, its modern and fresh, but regulations are way too strict and costs are way too high, and the FIA and FOM does nothing to help it. Had they fixed those things in time Im sure things would've looked differently.

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      • May 2 2016 - 14:15

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