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Bottas: Sauber F1 team needed Jeddah "wake-up call" after early struggles
The Sauber team faced pitstop issues in both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, affecting Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. The C44 car struggles with energy input to the tyres, impacting performance in qualifying and races. Bottas expressed the need for improvement operationally and in speed. The team is working on solutions before the Australian race. Bottas had difficulties with hard compounds in Jeddah, affecting his performance. Despite challenges, positive signs were seen in Jeddah, with Zhou’s performance hampered by FP3 crash and pitstop delays. The team aims to address these issues for upcoming races.
