Monisha Kaltenborn, the chief executive of the Sauber team, has told Autosport that Sauber is happy with its season so far, despite a few lost occasions like in Monaco and Spain. The team, she said, had to be looked at in the grand scheme of things, after suddenly losing its BMW owner in 2009 and reverting back to a privately owned team. It’s drivers, Sergio and Perez and Kamui Kobayashi, are also both relatively inexperienced, but doing an excellent job otherwise.
“We are very satisfied with the season so far – and we always have to look at the bigger picture,” she told Autosport. “For us, the picture starts at the end of 2009 when we had a major setback and became again a private team.
“Coming from there, and seeing how step-by-step with two inexperienced drivers we have been going; how the team has with all the limitations it has – both on the personnel and funding side – come up with this kind of competitive car is a good resume which shows now in the first half of the season.”
The team is in sixth in the series, behind Mercedes, which has won a race, and ahead of Williams – which also won a race.