16 Mar 2015

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<b>'SO, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?'</b> Sauber F1 boss Monisha Kaltenborn (right) huddles with senior crew after a court order prevented the team joining first practice for the 2015 Australian F1 GP. <i>Image: AFP / William West</i>
<b>'SO, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?'</b> Sauber F1 boss Monisha Kaltenborn (right) huddles with senior crew after a court order prevented the team joining first practice for the 2015 Australian F1 GP. <i>Image: AFP / William West</i>

MELBOURNE, Australia - Team founder Peter Sauber has defended Monisha Kaltenborn after the court debacle that preceded Formula 1's 2015 racing season first Grand Prix.

Ultimately, Indian-born Kaltenborn was smiling as the sun set on Sunday's Melbourne paddock as her drivers Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson scored more points in just this one race than the Swiss team did in the whole of 2014.

In fact, Sauber is an astonishing third overall so far this year, ahead of Williams and Red Bull - but then nearly half the field either failed to start or failed to finish.

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