Chinese Grand Prix Sauber

14.04.2013 - The Sauber F1 Team driver Nico Hulkenberg took in the Chinese Grand Prix in tenth place, and thus drove a point in the Megametroploe of Shanghai. During the first three stints he drove a strong race, he lost ground in the last section. The engineers will now analyze the data carefully to understand the reason. Esteban Gutierrez had a good start. In round five, however, he lost during braking control of his car and drove into the back of Adrian Sutil. 

Weather: sunny and dry, 28-18 ° C air, 42-26 ° C track Nico Hulkenberg: 10 Departed on the middle-compound tire replaced after 14 laps on the medium compound tire replaced after 29 laps on the soft tire compound, after 36 rounds on medium tires changed Sauber C32-Ferrari (Chassis 01/Ferrari 056) "It was a mixed race with mixed emotions. Of course it was very nice to run back and forth to contend with the top teams. I had a decent start and a few nice fights in the first few rounds. I was able to gain some positions, but towards the end of the race we lost a bit of performance. When you have the lead or second is, understandably, one hopes for more. Nevertheless, might have also be a false picture, because we went outside the sequence of the other pilots who had started on the soft tires. But anyway, it was a pretty good race. I do not think the two situations that I had in the pit lane, have decided victory or defeat. " Esteban Gutierrez has not finished the race Sauber C32-Ferrari (Chassis 03/Ferrari 056) started on the soft tire compound "I had a good start and a good first lap. At the

Point of the race when the accident happened, we were quick to keep up with the front group. Just before the long straight struggled Checo (Perez) behind me, and I'm going too fast into a curve. I braked at the point where I usually also brake, but I have the loss of output and the speed that I had underestimated. I tried my best to slow down, but without success. It was definitely my fault, and I apologize to Adrian (Sutil) and his team. It is not a good feeling to finish a race like that, but we improved in the course of the weekend and will continue to fight. " Monisha Kaltenborn, team manager: "If you take into account how the race for Nico is gone, we are still somewhat disappointed because we felt that there was actually more. We need to investigate why the performance of the car was finally not as good as expected. Esteban had a very good start, but then lost in round five when braking control of his car, which put an end to his race. He also lost the possibilities that would have offered safe during the race. For us as a team it is important to see that the technical measures we have taken in terms of this race have taken. We now know that this is the right direction in which we need to work on. " Tom McCullough, chief engineer at the track : "After a strong first round Esteban's race ended on lap five. Nico's pace during the first three stints was very strong. In the last stint we were not as fast as we wanted to be and ended up in tenth place. Once we get the car back, we will check the reason. We are looking forward to the race in Bahrain next weekend. "

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