The news Sauber had parted ways with team principal Monisha Kaltenborn and the somewhat bizarre handling of the situation dominated Formula 1 paddock chatter at the start of the Baku weekend.
The story broke on Wednesday, with multiple sources suggesting Kaltenborn's opposition to plans to favour Marcus Ericsson over Pascal Wehrlein was among the issues behind her departure.
In addition, sources said Kaltenborn had different views to the owning company - Longbow Finance, which saved the team last July with a takeover and is believed to have Swedish backers - regarding the team's rebuilding process.