Felipe Nasr has played down suggestions he is kicking off his F1 career with an ailing team. A constant and respected presence on the grid for over twenty years, Hinwil based Sauber sunk to its worst-ever result in 2014, failing to score even a single point. Now, the fact the Swiss team has signed Brazilian Nasr and his sponsor Banco do Brasil, and the heavily-backed Caterham refugee Marcus Ericsson, has been interpreted as a sign of clear financial problems. But Nasr, third in the GP2 standings this year, insists Sauber is not an ailing minnow. 'I didn't want to join a small team that is not competitive,' he told Brazil's Globo Esporte. 'Sauber has a good structure, serious people. It has...
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