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Kobayashi and de la Rosa didn't do the team any sponsor-friendly favours today. I don't think coverage of a sponsor's logo as the car is craned out of the gravel trap is what the money-men have in mind...

In fact, was De la Rosa the one who took those sponsors to Sauber.

[What's Burning?]

Kobayashi and de la Rosa didn't do the team any sponsor-friendly favours today. I don't think coverage of a sponsor's logo as the car is craned out of the gravel trap is what the money-men have in mind...

In fact, was De la Rosa the one who took those sponsors to Sauber.

The only sponsor I'm aware of that de la Rosa took to Sauber was El Corte Ingles which is a chain of large retail department stores.

[What's Burning?]

This is good news (over on GPUpdate) to hear from Sauber:

Peter Sauber has confirmed that sufficient financial support has been secured for the team which carries his name ahead of next season. The news follows paddock word that the Swiss outfit may be struggling, having not amassed a noteworthy amount of sponsors this year.


Following BMW’s withdrawal from Formula 1 at the end of 2009, businessman Sauber bought back all shares in the company he had founded before selling to the Munich manufacturer in 2005. With the run-up to the current campaign a struggle, though, Peter is pleased to report that the team is better prepared for 2011.

“It would have been an easy thing to plaster the car with advertisements from sponsors that pay less than what you think is the true value,” he explained to the official F1 website when quizzed over the chiefly plain, sponsorship-free livery of this year’s Sauber.

“I know that it is happening at other teams but I say that it is the wrong road to go down - at least for us. If you are only showing off that you have sponsors, whilst the revenue is not there, it doesn’t help. A sponsor that is with us is paying for the space at a just price.


“All along we have known that it would be very difficult to find sponsors this season, especially after taking over the team just before Christmas - more or less ten weeks before the start of the season - and to find the kind of serious sponsors that you want before the first race. Naturally, you always keep hoping but we were also prepared to run this season without a title sponsor.”

The 66-year-old went on to confirm that the squad is economically ready for next season. “I only can say that I am confident, or rather I am convinced, that the team will have proper financing next season to give us the chance to race on the level that we want to,” he concluded.

[Robert12010]

this is from Formula1.com from the man himself.....

Peter Sauber Q&A: Team funding well set for 2011 BMW Sauber’s 2010 campaign got off to a slow start, but with Kamui Kobayashi once again finishing in the points in Belgium, the team’s recent renaissance shows no sign of flagging. To add to the air of optimism at Hinwil, team principal Peter Sauber is certain that after some tough financial times a healthy level of funding for 2011 is now secure. As to where that funding will come from, Sauber is remaining tight-lipped…


Q: There’s something very odd - and perhaps worrying - about seeing an ad-free Formula One car. How do you feel about that?
PS: I have to correct this question as it is not completely ad-free! But joking aside, it would have been an easy thing to plaster the car with advertisements from sponsors that pay less than what you think is the true value. I know that it is happening at other teams, but I say that it is the wrong road to go down - at least for us. If you are only showing off that you have sponsors, whilst the revenue is not there, it doesn’t help. A sponsor that is with us is paying for the space at a just price. We knew all along that it would be very difficult to find sponsors this season, especially after taking over the team just before Christmas - more or less ten weeks before the start of the season - and to find the kind of serious sponsors that you want before the first race. Naturally you always keep hoping but we were also prepared to run this season without a title sponsor.

Q: You recently admitted that the future of the team is secured for next season. Can you give us any more information?
PS: No, I only can say that I am confident, or rather I am convinced, that the team will have proper financing next season to give us the chance to race on the level that we want to.

[darwin dali]

[Hammer278]

That's great news. Peter Sauber is one of the most respected bosses/personnel in the paddock, wish him all the very best!

After all, he's the guy who actually introduced the 'Iceman' to Formula 1...and now Kamui!