Sauber has enjoyed a spectacular progress this season, but technical director Simone Resta believes the Swiss outfit's solid foundation can keep it moving forward next season. Undermined by financial constraints and management dissensions, Sauber sorely made up Formula 1's rear in 2016 and 2017, and came close to a painful demise as a result. A financial restructuring and a series of internal changes initiated a year ago, coupled last winter with a commercial tie-up with Alfa Romeo, enabled the team to shed its dead weight and start afresh. The Hinwil squad, also armed this season with a new-spec Ferrari engine and the talent of the mercurial Charles Leclerc, is now a contender in F1's...
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