Nasr and Ericsson bring Sauber back into the points

Sauber's crossing of the desert in 2014, with zero points scored, therefore ended this weekend in Australia with 5th place for rookie Felipe Nasr and 8th for Swede Marcus Ericsson, the Brazilian allowing himself to finish in front of the Red Bull RB11 Daniel Ricciardo.

“This is a great accomplishment on the part of the entire team, indicated Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal of the Swiss team. We had already seen in qualifying that we were competitive. It is confirmation of our hard work and a great reward for the team which was forced to deal with unfavorable circumstances. » Sauber has indeed faced legal actions from Giedo van der Garde, before finding an agreement with the Dutch pilot.

For his first race in F1, Felipe Nasr managed to climb to fifth place, after extricating himself from a complicated start, and a contact with Pastor Maldonado who subsequently left the track. “I thought my car was damaged but after a few laps I noticed everything was fine. The race went as planned. » Marcus Ericsson completed the points harvest with his first units scored in the World Championship.

Find the full report of the Australian Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents in Melbourne, in issue 2003 of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version, and from next Wednesday on newsstands.