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Sauber secures long term deal with Russian companies [Re-Titled]

Started by Diablobb81 , Jun 30 2013 11:57

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#701 spaceace1977

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Posted 22 October 2013 - 10:37

Can anyone explain to me why Sergey Sirotkin is testing renault 3.5 today at barcelona? :confused:

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#702 Anderis

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Posted 22 October 2013 - 17:00

To improve his skills and prepare himself better for F1? With his age and experience, every 100 kms in racing car counts.

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#703 alfista

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Posted 10 November 2013 - 18:15

Little bit OT but Lotus in not the only team in trouble. Sauber's future seems also not very bright as German media openly writes that Sirotkin "deal" has bursted. And such ghost sponsors are nothing new for Swiss team. Back in in 1994 Sauber was "sponsored" by a business magazine "The Broker". It was rather complicated story which involved not only Sauber but also the allmighty Daimler which was back then heavily involved in the team. Eventually Daimler CFO lost his job and Daimler pulled the plug at Sauber jumping to McLaren with their engines.
I couldn't find any English material about the case but German media covered it extensively:
http://www.focus.de/...aid_147684.html

http://www.spiegel.d...d-13684852.html

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#704 SenorSjon

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Posted 10 November 2013 - 20:16

Is this different from earlier media expressing the same thing a month(?) ago?

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#705 spaceace1977

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Posted 11 November 2013 - 13:06

Sirotkin was announced 4 months ago. Kvyat like 2/3 weeks ago. Both need(ed) a superlicense and Kvyat obtained one allready!

Wouldn't surprise me if the Sirotkin deal is off indeed..

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#706 noikeee

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Posted 11 November 2013 - 14:03

I really don't understand why people bring up superlicenses all the time, it's a total non-issue. Kvyat I believe got one for winning GP3, good on him. Sirotkin, or anyone else for that matter, can get one with 1 test day, whoop de doo.

That he hasn't got one yet is because... Sauber haven't tested yet as there's a test ban. The deal may be off sure but the license doesn't mean anything. I don't believe it was ever announced he'd take part on FP sessions this season?

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#707 spaceace1977

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Posted 11 November 2013 - 14:16

I really don't understand why people bring up superlicenses all the time, it's a total non-issue. Kvyat I believe got one for winning GP3, good on him. Sirotkin, or anyone else for that matter, can get one with 1 test day, whoop de doo.

That he hasn't got one yet is because... Sauber haven't tested yet as there's a test ban. The deal may be off sure but the license doesn't mean anything. I don't believe it was ever announced he'd take part on FP sessions this season?

Yeah..you got it completely wrong: Kvyat qualifies for Superlicence

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#708 noikeee

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Posted 11 November 2013 - 14:47

I didn't want to click on the link as I'm low on Autosport views lol, but okay I've done that now. Fine they can get a superlicense by driving an old car, I didn't know about that detail. What's the big deal then, Sirotkin can get one if he's given 2 days with an old car too.