Theissen confirms Ferrari engine for Sauber/Qadbak

By The Offsider
September 25 2009

BMW Motorsport director confirmed that the current BMW Sauber team will use a Ferrari engine and gearbox next year, and also showed confident that the team will make it to the grid, despite no official confirmation yet by the FIA, and the little information known about the team buyers, Qadbak.

Mario Theissen admitted in Singapore: "It will run a Ferrari power-train,"

Furthermore, he told to Autosport's Jonathan Noble that "we are very confident to be on the grid next year, and the new investor apparently is quite strong, he wants to continue with the team in a strong state, not just as an also-ran. That is an excellent perspective for the team. We could not really expect that.

"So there is strong morale. The team is really positive. We have a good upgrade for the car here, and we want to achieve something in the final four races."

Regarding his personal future, he said "My personal future is fully open, and I will keep it open until the end of the season," he said. "It would not be helpful to mix up my own situation with all the efforts to secure the future of the team. And I am not concerned that there will be [too little] time later this year."

Find a full Q&A at: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78821