• 2010 Season

Sauber pins faith in Pedro de la Rosa

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Sauber has confirmed Pedro de la Rosa will be its second driver for the 2010 season. Kamui Kobayashi was confirmed as its first driver in December and the Japanese has been joined at the team by the 38-year-old Spaniard who was previously McLaren's test driver.

"Pedro has spent many years working for a top team at the highest technical level," said team principal Peter Sauber. "We as a team stand to gain from his experience, and the same goes for young Kamui. The combination of a seasoned racer and an up-and-coming young driver has repeatedly proved a very fruitful one. I don't expect either of them to disappoint in 2010.

"Of course it is also crucial that we provide them with a decent car. I feel positive about our in-house progress on that front too. We were able to continue work on our 2010 car as scheduled throughout the recent period of uncertainty."

De la Rosa, who has previously raced for McLaren, Jaguar and Arrows, is looking forward to working with his new team. "I always firmly believed I would be given another chance as a team driver," he said. "Since the number of tests were radically reduced, this was what I was working towards. I'm really excited about the season with Peter Sauber's team, which has been a solid fixture in F1 ever since 1993."

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