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Monisha Kaltenborn has officially left Sauber due to the Swiss team's struggles in recent years. Kaltenborn became the Cheif Executive Officer of Sauber in 2010 when owner Peter Sauber bought back the team from BMW, who ran somewhat successfully from 2006 to 2009.
2012 saw Kaltenborn appointed as team principal. Last season, Peter Sauber sold his share in the team to Longbow Finance, and it is believed that they are looking to bring their own recruits in to run the team. There will be no leader within the squad heading to Baku this weekend.
Since her appointment in 2012, Sauber has struggled for the most part. 2012 and 2013 saw them score a respectable number of points, including four podiums in 2012. However, since the introduction of the V6 Hybrid era in 2014, the team has collected just 42 points.
In 2014, they scored no points, while 2015 saw a much better year for the team, ending the season with 36 points. They grabbed 2 points in the penultimate round of last year, jumping Manor for last place. After Manor dropped away from the field at the start of the year, it was expected that Sauber would be the back runners for the year.
However, it hasn't started off so badly, as Pascal Wehrlein snatched 4 points at Barcelona and the team currently sits ninth in the standings, ahead of McLaren who are yet to finish inside the top ten.
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boudy
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From the outside it looked like Monisha wasn't doing such a good job. Can't say I was that impressed with the way she dealt with driver contracts. Sauber seems to has lost it's way; it needed a change of leadership.
Good luck to them.