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Sauber could have swapped drivers in Australia
23 March, 2013 Esteban Gutierrez with Nico Hulkenberg
It has emerged Sauber could have kept Nico Hulkenberg in the race last Sunday in Australia.
Ultimately, the German sat out Melbourne with a terminal fuel tank problem, so serious that he is at the wheel of an all-new chassis this weekend in Malaysia.
But he had qualified eleventh in Melbourne, seven places ahead of rookie teammate Esteban Gutierrez.
It now emerges that Sauber could actually have sidelined Mexican Gutierrez, giving the working C32 to Hulkenberg and maintaining a very real chance of a good result.
In the end, Gutierrez finished outside of the points in Australia.
'Did Sauber give away championship points?' wondered...
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