From the Pulpit
As Peter Sauber ponders who to spend his well earned millions, from selling his team to Munich giant BMW, Frank Williams wonders how to take his outfit back to the glory days of winning multiple Championship titles. Matt Bishop analyses the current situation at Grove
When, in 1993, Peter Sauber made the brave decision to upgrade his little racing team, based as it was (and still is) in the sleepy Swiss town of Hinwil, from the World Sports Car Championship to Formula One, he must have regarded Frank Williams as an invincible demi-god from another world.
As Herr Sauber strolled fretfully down the Kyalami pitlane in the days leading up to the season's opening Grand Prix, hoping against hope that his novice drivers - JJ Lehto and Karl Wendlinger, who had scored only one (attrition-aided) podium finish in F1 between them - would not let the enormity of the occasion overwhelm them, he might not have dared to wander too close to the Williams garage.
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