According to the Swiss media, Sauber was seriously considering changing both drivers for next season.
Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou will continue with Sauber next season as well. PDO
Sauber, which operates Alfa Romeo’s F1 team, will continue next season with a familiar driver duo Valtteri Bottas–Guanyu Zhou. Swiss According to Blick magazine however, the team was thinking about the Finnish driver leaving the team in the middle of the contract period.
As expected, Talli and Bottas redeemed the joint option year for the 2023 season. The Finnish driver has brought the majority of the team’s points this season and the previous one. Zhou
However, the team’s performance has stagnated since the 2022 season, which started brilliantly. Although Blick admits that the car is anything but brilliant, the “insiders” interviewed by the magazine point to the current state of affairs as well as the drivers.
Zhou and Bottas get along well. According to Blick, this is a problem. Drivers who want too much comfort are not motivated enough to fight for positions and points on the track.
As one alternative to this, it was even hinted at removing Bottas, who was paid hard money to the team from Mercedes, from the payroll in the middle of the contract period. In the end, the wild-sounding idea was not taken up for the simple reason that the breach of contract would have been very expensive for the team financially.
According to Blick, Sauber, which will soon become Audi’s factory team, would have wanted to replace Bottas Nico Hülkenberg. The German’s transfer fell through after the man’s current team, Haas, blocked the plan.
Bottas defecating from Sauber sounds special. Bottas has been on the neck of his teammate both this season and last season. This year, Bottas has brought six points to the team, Zhou four.