Sauber expect Nico Hulkenberg to maintain his performance in 2013 – Formula 1 news
Sauber team principal, Monisha Kaltenborn has said that they expect their new driver, Nico Hulkenberg to maintain his performance in the 2013 Formula 1 season and to secure consistent results for the team.
Hulkenberg performed convincingly well during 2012 and managed to secure good points for Force India. He signed a deal with the Swiss team during the last season and will be driving alongside his new teammate, Esteban Gutierrez in this year.
The Hinwil based squad stood as the best mid-field contender throughout the preceding season and their drivers, Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi managed to secure competitive results in quite a few races. But, they could not score points with consistency
because of which Sauber failed to achieve their goal of beating Mercedes.
Nonetheless, Kaltenborn has expressed that they are positively looking forward to come up stronger in this season and will try to achieve better position by performing more consistently right from the start.
In addition, she said that they want the German driver to show the same impressive pace in this year’s championship too.
“We expect him to maintain his performance, especially after what we saw last year,” she told the official Formula One website. “That impressed us a lot: how he got his chance and took the opportunity. This is something that we were lacking last year. Our
efficiency in this respect was not very high.”
Besides, she said that they have a competent car with which the 25-year-old can achieve more in this season. She also said that they are aiming to make some significant developments in their car during the remaining pre-season tests so as to get better results
in this year.
“In him we see that strength - that he will make use of the potential that our car hopefully will have. Last year we heard from so many sides that we had huge potential - we just couldn't utilise that and translate it into points,” she added.
Additionally, she said that they are not targeting to make advancements for their 2014 car and are currently keeping all their focus on the development of this year’s car.
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