With the Sauber team under new ownership and its financial situation far more secure, the team have been given the go-ahead to begin introducing upgrades in an attempt to move it up the order before the end of the season.
On Wednesday it was announced that the team had been taken over by Longbow Finance, a Swiss investment company, with an injection of cash securing the team's future and allowing for new parts to be manufactured and introduced.
That will begin this weekend in Hungary with a new rear-wing, followed by further upgrades after the summer break.
"It’s no secret it’s been a difficult year for us in Sauber, financially mainly," admitted driver Marcus Ericsson in Thursday.
"We haven’t been able to update the car the way we wanted and [we've] been fighting at the back. I think for the team it’s [the takeover] been very, very important that this happened and it’s great news."
Team-mate Felipe Nasr confirmed the arrival of the new rear-wing as well as future plans, adding: "We're going to have a new rear wing to evaluate tomorrow. If it works, it's beneficial, we're going to keep it for the weekend. That's on both cars.
"As I said before we had all things in plan, let's say, updates planned, but we were missing the green light to have them. Things are now coming. Hopefully we will still have enough time to fight for a few points if we can."
With 11 races remaining and Sauber the only team yet to score a point, it's vital that the upgrades deliver, otherwise the team risks finishing last and outside of the prize money paying positions.
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