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Valtteri Bottas has asserted that Sauber is “motivated” to end its pointless run in the 2024 Formula 1 season, despite conceding that the team’s situation is “not great”. Sauber has headed into the annual summer break languishing bottom in the Constructors’ Championship as the one team that doesn’t have a single point to its name. […]
Sauber is currently at the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship without a single point to its name, struggling in the ground effect regulation era. Despite accumulating 51 points in the initial 9 rounds of 2022, the team has only earned 20 points in the following 49 rounds. Valtteri Bottas highlights Sauber’s imminent transition to Audi in 2026 as a hindrance to their performance and reminisces on the team’s earlier successes. He emphasizes the importance of staying motivated despite the team’s uncompetitive position and aims to secure even a single point as an achievement. Bottas acknowledges Sauber’s need for audacious strategies to outperform faster competitors and remains optimistic about the team’s potential in the remaining races of the season.