Sauber F1 chief Frederic Vasseur has revealed that his team is intent on becoming a fully fledged Alfa Romeo team as opposed to a Ferrari B-team as suggested by some pundits while questioning the future of private teams in the sport. In the wake of the deal between Sauber and Alfa Romeo, the Swiss team's former driver Giedo van der Garde quipped, 'Thanks to that deal with Alfa Romeo, they are now, of course, Ferrari's B-team. That's nice for them.' In an interview with Auto Hebdo, Vasseur said, 'The goal is to be an Alfa A-team, not a Ferrari B-team. There will still be a bridge between the two entities with the driver part, the training part.' 'The company's executives want a...
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