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Sauber C30 breaks cover
The Sauber F1 team launched the Ferrari-powered C30 this morning at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, with Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez on hand to unveil the squad’s machine for the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship.
This year will mark the Swiss-based outfits 19th season at the pinnacle of the sport and after the upheavals of 2010 that followed the metamorphosis from a works to a private team, the aim, the team said, is to present itself in 2011 with ‘renewed stability’.
Notable features of the Sauber C30 are a raised front, slender waist, compact rear, new rollhoop and downward-sloping engine cover. KERS (the Kinetic Energy Recovery System), like the engine, will be supplied by the Scuderia.
“In order to take a step forward in 2011, we were already systematically tackling the C29’s weaknesses over the last season – and we’ve made progress,” explained Technical Director, James Key. “The insights we gleaned were taken into account when the concept for the new C30 was being drawn up.
“Since some of the changes decreed by the regulations – particularly regarding the tyres – can only be analysed out on track though, it was important for us to build, firstly, a fundamentally predictable car and, secondly, one that would provide sufficient flexibility to respond to ongoing findings at the track and during further development stages.”
Kobayashi will now be the first driver to pilot the new C30 today, when he debuts it as part of a ‘filming’ day. The team plans to fit a new aerodynamic package before the curtain raiser in Bahrain. |
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