Sauber principal Frédéric Vasseur has dismissed suggestions that the team is now just a junior Ferrari squad. Sauber announced a multi-year technical and commercial partnership with Alfa Romeo in November. Alfa is one of the marques owned and operated by Fiat, Ferrari's parent company run by Sergio Marchionne. Sauber's former test and development driver Giedo van der Garde suggested last month that this meant the team was now a de facto junior Ferrari squad. "Thanks to that deal with Alfa Romeo, they are now, of course, Ferrari's B-team," the Dutch driver said. "That's nice for them." But Vasseur disagreed with that. He said that despite the decision to drop Mercedes...
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