SAUBER’S UPS AND DOWNS

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE The team Kimi Raikkonen left at the end of 2001 is very different to the one he finds himself in this year. The changes stretch far beyond its evolution from Sauber into Alfa Romeo for this season, with the Swiss squad climbing to a glorious peak before slumping to near-oblivion prior to this latest revival. In 2001, Raikkonen joined a reliable midfield operation that had finished between sixth and eighth in the constructors’ championship in each of its eight seasons in F1. Alongside Nick Heidfeld, he helped it to a new best of fourth in the constructors’ championship by contributing nine points to its tally of 21. Owner Peter Sauber, who built the team up from nothing in his home village of Hinwil, was focused on turning it into…

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