Drive to survive


Sauber drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu taking part in the drivers’ parade before the start of the United States Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Oct 20. — AFP

SAUBER hope to have next season’s driver line-up sorted by mid-November but that looks like one of the easier challenges facing new boss Mattia Binotto at what will become the Audi works Formula One team from 2026.

The Swiss-based outfit are last with five rounds to go and have not scored a point for more than a year, a novel situation for the former Ferrari principal who arrived at the start of August.

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