Sauber had a good British GP last weekend. Sergio Perez was able to finish 7th and score 6 points for the team. Next weekend the Nürburgring is scheduled. The classic German circuit is quite hard to get perfect in terms of setup says James Key, Sauber's technical director: "The Nürburgring is quite a mixed circuit with different features, which makes it hard to characterise. Good braking stability is important into turn one, where there is a potential overtaking opportunity. The first sector is relatively low speed, or at least is after turn one which results in a car which needs good traction and good levels of downforce. Then there is a high speed section down to the hairpin, which presents another overtaking opportunity."

He continues: "The second half to the lap is relatively high speed. Primarily it consists of medium and slow speed corners and a couple of relatively long straights with a chicane in the end and a difficult last corner. This is a challenge for the engineers and drivers to try and get it right particularly in qualifying. It’s going to be an interesting weekend, because there are many different challenges with the big mix of corners and straights."

Key recognizes that the tyres will important but says that there is still some work to do: "The tyre compounds will be medium and soft. We know the medium tyres were a little tricky in Valencia, so we have to work on them. The softs should be okay. The car will continue with the updates we brought to Silverstone, which worked well, and we will have a further small update on the diffuser and the rear brake ducts. After our good performance in Silverstone, we look forward to carrying that momentum forward and trying to score more points in Germany."