Reliable running for Heidfeld and KubicaBMW Sauber has finally solved a mechanical problem that severely hampered its pres-season test programme and the opening races of this year.
"It is fixed," Team Principal Mario Theissen, referring to the recurring hydraulic
flaw in its new seamless gearbox, told the Swiss newspaper Blick.
The German said the problem was a materials defect from an external supplier.
Backing Theissen's claim,
Nick Heidfeld drove to a highly competitive fourth place in Bahrain last Sunday, with team-mate Robert Kubica sixth and finally finishing a race without a major mechanical problem.
Source GMM
