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During the first training he was still on the plane from Zurich to Barcelona. And thus missed places 13 (Zhou) and 16 (Bottas). Sauber laughs: “Somehow it’s still my team. That’s why I suffer every time the results don’t come!”
Well, the living mascot already showed some effect in the second training session at Alfa-Sauber: 9th Bottas, 13th Zhou. “Normally there were always points here when I was there!” Like in 2022, when Bottas finished sixth behind Verstappen, Pérez, Russell, Sainz and Hamilton!
Zhou and Leclerc both retired here at half-time a year ago with Ferrari engine problems.
Peter Sauber entered the circuit with the big man in the team, Swede Finn Rausing (68). The billionaire (TetraPak) has been keeping the team alive for years and will probably hand over his remaining shares in Audi at the end of 2025. Clean knows: “Hinwil and the fans owe him a lot!”
Already present for the second time after the start in Bahrain: Andreas Seidl (47). The CEO of the Zurich Oberland tries again to take a close-up shot of his team. In addition, he must already prepare the Audi entry of 2026.
Two construction sites that are not easy to maintain in terms of personnel and technology. But the German exudes great optimism. In the camper he had a long conversation with the legendary Ferrari race director Daniele Audetto (80) from the golden years of Niki Lauda.
Seidl does not want to comment further on the current situation. But he has his three bosses on the track: motorsport director Beat Zehnder (57), chief of operations Xevi Pujolar (50) and team representative Bravi (48).
On the former winter test track, which is now 17 meters shorter due to the missing last chicane, the cars with their many updates first had to get used to.
Only the four-time winner of the season Max Verstappen (25) was immediately awake in the Red Bull-Honda: 1:14.608. That was enough for the best time – 0.7 ahead of teammate Pérez. Dan Ocon, de Vries, Gasly and Alonso.
The Dutchman entered the track in a good mood. He spent a few hours in the port of Barcelona on Thursday at the Alinghi Red Bull Racing headquarters. “I’m excited about this high-tech company,” said Verstappen.
And together with skipper Arnaud Psarofaghis, the 40-time GP winner was also able to test the Swiss team’s simulator. But Max also got the chance to slide on the waves of the sea at speeds of around 100 km/h aboard the Chase Boat. Verstappen: “So I got a little feeling of what it feels like to sail in the America’s Cup!” The 37th edition awaits.
It will start in 2024. Alinghi is happy that Red Bull Advanced Technologies is supporting the team. Skipper Psarofaghis: «Our sports have many parallels, in which aerodynamics play a major role. And on our boat we are in the cockpit with eight people. But communication is just as important as it is for Max and his helpers in the pits. You always have to make quick decisions.”
In the second training session, two-time world champion Verstappen looked at the situation on the track, which gave hope to outsiders such as Hülkenberg and Ocon (Monaco third). Until he struck and became the first driver to drive under 1:14 minutes on the only 4.567 km long circuit. Only Alonso in the Aston Martin nibbled it!
Interesting and almost unbelievable that here too the field of 20 is within just 1.5 seconds. Every tenth of a second that comes out of the minds of the almost priceless geniuses behind the scenes counts.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
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