Esteban Gutiérrez wants to be Sauber leader

Aligned alongside rookie Adrian Sutil, Esteban Gutiérrez hopes to be the spearhead of the Sauber team for this new season. Despite his lack of experience against the German, the young Mexican does not give up. “With my experience, I want to be a leader. » he told Sky Sports in Jerez. “It is difficult to say what the objectives are today, because we do not know where the team is located. It's difficult to compare ourselves to others and determine a particular goal. But above all, I want 2014 to be filled with success for the team and for myself. I will try to be the leader, not only with results, but also from a human point of view so that we go in the desired direction. During this winter we had to integrate so much information and understand all the new systems. Everything arrived quite late, that sometimes the engineers could not answer us on certain points because it is very complex. »

Sauber C33s equipped with V6 turbo/hybrid engine Ferrari carried out a fairly conclusive first test in Jerez, clearly less upset by mechanical problems than the teams powered by Renault notably. And according to Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal of the Swiss team, the C33 will receive for the next testing session in Bahrain (February 19-22), a new aerodynamic package.