C30, the revival of Sauber?

After being let go by BMW, the team?Hinwil gradually recovered, holding on to a 2010 season that she was not prepared to experience in this way. With the team now stabilized and the budget assured, Peter Sauber has high objectives. The businessman wants his team to be able to fight with the mid-table teams, better than last year.

For this, the Hinwil team wanted a C30 that was much sharper in the essential areas of motor racing. There car white, red and black is intended to be more reliable than the C29; The Swiss team mainly tried to improve aerodynamic efficiency, cornering at low speed, mechanical grip and flexibility in suspension adjustment.

Several regulatory changes dictated the choice of car design: ban on the double diffuser, the F-duct (blown rear wing) and the adjustable front wing, the arrival of Pirelli tires and the return of the SREC (system of kinetic energy recovery, KERS in English). Like many others F1 2011, it offers a raised, narrow and flat muzzle, with a compact rear.

“In order to take a step forward in 2011, we had already decided to tackle the weak points of the C29 during the last season,” explains James Key, technical director. We had already made progress. This information was taken into account in the development of C30. Given that some regulatory changes could not be tested on track, such as the new tires, we have made a predictable car which, in a second step, will give us enough flexibility to adapt it to the conclusions we are going to make. carry out track tests to continue its development. »

This Monday, before the first day of private testing, Kamui Kobayashi took the wheel of the C30, making the engine roar Ferrari on the Ricardo-Tormo circuit for the filming of promotional images.