#2016 F1 SEASON EDIT UPGRADE#
The race was a long grind, however: struggling with his front tyres he slipped to last at one stage and finished a distant 15th.īritain – Ran Sauber’s first upgrade of the season on Friday but smashed the car up against the barriers at Stowe in the drying third practice session. In the race he found his tyres were going off more quickly than expected and had to make two pit stops, and at the flag he had only Haryanto’s Manor behind him.Īustria – Pipped Nasr in qualifying and by avoiding a yellow flag speeding penalty moved up to 18th. He admitted over-driving in qualifying and ended up 20th on the grid. Almost had the pace to get in front of Grosjean in the second half of the race but narrowly fell short.Įurope – Quick work by the Sauber mechanics between first and second practice to change Ericsson’s engine meant he didn’t lose too much time. Ericsson then took matters into his own hands but a clumsy passing attempt at Rascasse put both Saubers out.Ĭanada – Said he was “not fully satisfied” with the car after Friday practice and although he out-qualified his team mate his penalty from Monaco left him at the back of the field. The team ordered Nasr to let Ericsson past but he refused. Nasr appeared to go through the same phase and was quickly caught by Ericsson. In the race he made an early change to slick tyres and struggled for pace at first which allowed Nasr ahead of him. Monaco – Missed the cut for Q2 by a mere four-hundredths of a second. The pair almost tangled at one point, however. Rated his race as one of his best in F1 so far after using a three-stop strategy to come home nine seconds ahead of his two-stopping team mate. Spain – Unsettled in the car in Friday, Ericsson felt he made significant progress overnight but couldn’t get the Sauber above 19th. Felt his car was better on high fuel but despite a trouble-free race he finished well outside of the points. It got no better on Saturday, where he qualified last. Russia – Ran through a range of set-up tweaks as he searched for a balance on Friday but ended up almost a second off his team mate. Tried to use two medium tyre stints to break into the points but didn’t have the pace despite a clean race. Said a power loss restricted him on the opening lap, and was preoccupied with saving fuel at the end of the race.Ĭhina – At a track where the C35 was more competitive Ericsson led the team’s charge in qualifying, reaching Q2 and taking 15th. A tyre problem forced him to retire from the race.īahrain – Felt happy with his set-up but wasn’t able to make the cut for Q2 and lined up behind Wehrlein.
#2016 F1 SEASON EDIT DRIVER#
It made for an unfortunate verdict on Ericsson who, despite his earlier incidents, had been the more impressive driver over the course of the season.Īustralia – Ran little in practice but did a better job than Nasr in qualifying, almost taking his Sauber into Q2. It didn’t happen, to his obvious disappointment.Īt the rain-soaked race in Brazil which followed Ericsson gambled on an early switch to intermediates in an attempt to make ground, But it backfired badly when he aquaplaned into a wall and it was his team mate who delivered the team’s only points of the season. Having climbed to 11th in Singapore and the USA but fell back before the flag, Ericsson was holding the place in the final laps in Mexico, desperately hoping someone ahead would drop out and hand the team a badly-needed point. Sauber had received an injection of capital from Longbow and Ericsson was revelling in the first updates to trickle through for the C35. This time Nasr, after some cajoling, allowed him by.īy this stage in the season things were looking better for team and driver. And again later in the season Ericsson found himself stuck behind his unco-operative team mate in Mexico. The pair had already had a near-miss a few weeks earlier in Spain. He took matters into his own hands and the pair collided. While bearing down on Felipe Nasr Ericsson was frustrated to discover his team mate was not responding to the pit wall’s instructions to move out of the way. Particularly when the shunts are heavy enough to require a pair of chassis rebuilds, as was the case for Ericsson at Silverstone and the Hungaroring. When your team is low on funds, crashing the car in two consecutive qualifying does not win many friends.
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