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Sauber pair lifted by gains after Friday struggles

Sauber duo Marcus Ericsson and Charles Leclerc praised the team’s turnaround after coming within reach of Q2 during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Sauber has targeted a return to Formula 1’s midfield this year but finished a sizeable eight-tenths off the pack on Friday – the same gap that covered the bulk of their mid-grid opponents. Ericsson and Leclerc placed 17th and 18th respectively, the Swede coming within a tenth of making Q2, as they avoided the back row of the grid. “The work done overnight by the engineers on track and at the headquarters in Switzerland paid off,” he said. “All in all it was a good qualifying today. We have made good...
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