Last Man Standing: interview with Peter Sauber
After 36 years in motorsports and 13 seasons in Formula One, Peter Sauber got an offer that he could not refuse and sold his beloved team to BMW. He will miss the sport, of course, but he is looking forward to a new era of his life. Will Gray talked to the Swiss about his decision and his plans for the future
Puffing on one of his trademark cigars as the season came to an end, Peter Sauber let his mind relax and his memories melt out. For the quiet Swiss team chief it was the end of an era, the passing of the privateers, and a pointer towards a new bigger more commercial future for himself and for the sport.
This season marked the disappearance of not only Sauber, set up by Peter Sauber in 1993, but also Jordan, a private team set up two years previously by Eddie Jordan, Minardi, a private team set up by Gian Carlo Minardi way back in 1985, and BAR, a private team set up by British American Tobacco in 2000.
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