Alfa Romeo Racing team boss Frédéric Vasseur has revealed that the Hinwil squad's founder Peter Sauber was given a heads up on the team's name change at the start of the 2019 season, and backed the rebrand. Sauber initiated a commercial partnership with Alfa Romeo in 2018, with the prestigious automobile manufacturer taking over the team's official branding a year later. While Peter Sauber no longer held a vested interest in the Swiss outfit at the time of the rebrand, Vasseur made it a point of contacting the Swiss before the name change, out of respect for Sauber's historic link with the team. F1i Team Reviews for 2019: Alfa Romeo "When we had the discussion with Alfa Romeo, the...
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