BMW Sauber develops the F1.09

The least visible team of this year 2009 does not want to give up this difficult season. BMW Sauber will continue to work on its F1.09 to the end, if only to understand where the performance deficit comes from before developing next season's F1.10.

Published on 23/07/2009 à 09:27

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“Our car is not fast enough to fight at the front,” admits Mario Theissen, director of BMW Motorsport, bluntly. “Nevertheless, we continue to work tirelessly on the F1.09. »

Since the start of the season, the BMW Sauber team has scored only eight points, four of which were thanks to Nick Heidfeld?s second place in the rain of a Malaysian Grand Prix interrupted at the right time.

“The new aero regulations for this season will remain the same in 2010,” continues the German. “All the work done today on the F1.09 will be used for the future F1.10. The ban on testing also forces us to take advantage of every kilometer covered during race weekends to validate new parts and the latest developments. This is an opportunity that we must seize. We also want to prove to those who support us, and to ourselves, that we are capable of reversing the trend. »