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‘Title sponsor deal a huge step for Sauber'

Having a title sponsor such as Alfa Romeo on board has led to a rather busy winter for the Sauber team, says team boss Frederic Vasseur. Although Sauber were set to swap to Honda engines for 2018, Vassuer's arrival as the new team principal saw that deal cancelled within hours. Instead he strengthened ties with Ferrari, resulting in a new title sponsor in Alfa Romeo and a deal that will see Sauber race new Ferrari engines in 2018. The deal, though, hasn't come without a few headaches. 'It's not extra work on the technical side because we were already flat-out,' Vasseur told RACER.  'The situation is that we changed from Honda to the Ferrari engine and the Alfa Romeo deal quite late...
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