The twin-keel car that took Sauber to new heights
Sauber's opening years in Formula 1 were often spent struggling against the tide, but an innovative suspension design for 2001 and a pair of raw, young talents behind the wheel helped the Swiss squad to the front of the midfield order
After the initial promise of its Mercedes-powered Formula 1 debut had initially subsided, the Sauber name became intrinsically linked to midfield obscurity.
Often failing to rouse F1's commenters and pundits from their stupor of ennui, Sauber settled into a pattern of delivering strong early results in a season, before then fading out into the midfield as its reliability and pragmatic approach was rarely tempered with a strong development path.
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