Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley believes his team has “over-performed” at points during the opening 14 rounds of the F1 2025 season.

The Swiss-based squad sits seventh in the Constructors’ Championship with 51 points, more than 12 times its total throughout all of last season.

Sauber rises to ‘best of the rest’

Sauber is currently on a run of six consecutive points finishes, headlined by Nico Hulkenberg’s drought-shattering podium at the British Grand Prix.

The German veteran has rocketed up to ninth in the Drivers’ Championship while Gabriel Bortoleto has begun to come into his own.

That young Brazilian’s improvement coincided with upgrades introduced for the Austrian Grand Prix, where last year’s F2 champion finished eighth to claim his first F1 points finish.

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