{"id":4191,"date":"2010-04-06T06:59:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T10:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2010-04-06T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T10:53:08","slug":"sauber-sorry-for-departing-rampf-after-sepang-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/sauber-sorry-for-departing-rampf-after-sepang-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sauber sorry for departing Rampf after Sepang ‘debacle’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Peter Sauber said he felt most sorry for departing technical boss Willy Rampf in the wake of the Swiss team’s Malaysian “debacle”.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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After a deceptively impressive winter season for the formerly BMW-owned squad, the C29 car has struggled for pace so far in 2010.<\/p>\n

On the grid formation laps at Sepang, Pedro de la Rosa’s Ferrari-powered car suffered an engine failure, and teammate Kamui Kobayashi’s V8 unit lasted just 9 laps more.<\/p>\n

Malaysia was 56-year-old German Rampf’s last race at the helm, with former Force India technical director James Key, 38, starting work on 1 April.<\/p>\n

“I feel most sorry for Willy Rampf.\u00a0 For nearly 15 years he was our loyal technical boss, and at his very last race he has to live through such a debacle,” 66-year-old team chief and founder Sauber told the Swiss newspaper Blick.<\/p>\n

“Until the last day he fought for our team, and I know how much these losses affect him, even if he cannot do anything about it,” he added.<\/p>\n

Ferrari is investigating the precise cause of the two engine failures, but Sauber said on Sunday that the problem was with the pneumatic system.<\/p>\n

The failure aboard Fernando Alonso’s works Ferrari, meanwhile, was different.<\/p>\n

F1’s three new teams aside, Sauber is the only entrant yet to score a single world championship point in 2010.<\/p>\n

Peter Sauber, who is still looking for a main sponsor for his Hinwil based team, said: “Yes, it is our worst ever position.<\/p>\n

“I knew that it would not be easy for us, but I didn’t count on it being quite so hard,” he added.<\/p>\n

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