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Di Resta takes a point as Sauber drops appeal
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March 31, 2011, Thursday
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SAUBER dropped plans to appeal against its exclusion from Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Tuesday after an internal investigation showed the team had made a mistake with rear wing measurements.
The decision meant Force India's British rookie Paul di Resta was confirmed in the 10th place he was handed in Melbourne on Sunday, becoming the 59th driver to score a point on his Formula One debut.
"We have since found that there was an error in the checking process for the relevant dimension on this component," said Sauber's technical director James Key in a statement.
"We have already put measures in place to ensure that nothing of this kind occurs again in the future."
Ferrari also benefited, with Brazilian Felipe Massa moving up to the seventh place that had originally gone to Sauber's Mexican debutant Sergio Perez, while Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi took eighth place from Japanese Kamui Kobayashi.
Force India's Adrian Sutil moved up to ninth.
The Swiss-based team had said on Sunday that they intended to appeal the stewards' decision to disqualify its drivers but dropped that idea after probing further.
After racing for more than 300km, the cars were ruled out because post-race checks revealed a radius on the upper rear wing elements had broken the regulations by a matter of millimeters.
"It did not bring us any performance advantage, but the fact is that it was a deviation from the regulations. We take note of the stewards' decision," said Key.
Perez made just one pitstop during the race, the only driver to make his tires last so long, and team principal Peter Sauber said the performance of both drivers filled him with confidence for the season ahead.
"Both Sergio and Kamui put in a tremendous performance. They gained no advantage from the inaccurate rear wing. They fought hard to secure their finishing places and had really earned their points," he said.
The decision meant Force India's British rookie Paul di Resta was confirmed in the 10th place he was handed in Melbourne on Sunday, becoming the 59th driver to score a point on his Formula One debut.
"We have since found that there was an error in the checking process for the relevant dimension on this component," said Sauber's technical director James Key in a statement.
"We have already put measures in place to ensure that nothing of this kind occurs again in the future."
Ferrari also benefited, with Brazilian Felipe Massa moving up to the seventh place that had originally gone to Sauber's Mexican debutant Sergio Perez, while Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi took eighth place from Japanese Kamui Kobayashi.
Force India's Adrian Sutil moved up to ninth.
The Swiss-based team had said on Sunday that they intended to appeal the stewards' decision to disqualify its drivers but dropped that idea after probing further.
After racing for more than 300km, the cars were ruled out because post-race checks revealed a radius on the upper rear wing elements had broken the regulations by a matter of millimeters.
"It did not bring us any performance advantage, but the fact is that it was a deviation from the regulations. We take note of the stewards' decision," said Key.
Perez made just one pitstop during the race, the only driver to make his tires last so long, and team principal Peter Sauber said the performance of both drivers filled him with confidence for the season ahead.
"Both Sergio and Kamui put in a tremendous performance. They gained no advantage from the inaccurate rear wing. They fought hard to secure their finishing places and had really earned their points," he said.
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