Sauber Motorsport: Difference between revisions

In February 2014, [[IndyCar Series]] driver [[Simona de Silvestro]] was signed by Sauber as an "affiliated driver", with the intent of racing in F1 by {{F1|2015}}.<ref name="ABC News">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/sauber-names-simona-de-silvestro-affiliated-driver-22512241|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224001524/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/sauber-names-simona-de-silvestro-affiliated-driver-22512241|archive-date=24 February 2014|title=Sauber Names Simona De Silvestro Affiliated Driver|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=14 February 2014|access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref> However, by the end of 2014, de Silvestro was no longer part of the team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/111085-indycar-de-silvestro-focused-on-america-searching-for-opportunities|title=De Silvestro focused on America, searching for opportunities|first=Marshall|last=Pruett|work=[[Racer (magazine)|Racer]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=20 November 2014|access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref> For the {{F1|2014}} season, Gutiérrez was retained and joined by [[Adrian Sutil]], following Hülkenberg's decision to return to [[Force India]]. The team struggled throughout the season, often going out in the first round of qualifying and failing to score a single point for the first time in team history.