Sauber team principal Frederic Vasseur claims that Marcus Ericsson was at a performance disadvantage throughout the 2017 season as he was overweight. The Swede finished the year as the only full-time driver not to score a point throughout the 20-race calendar.

Out of all the ten teams, the Sauber duo of Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein were the closest matched pair of teammates in terms of qualifying pace come the end of the season, with an average difference of 0.050s swinging in favour of Wehrlein.

However, Wehrlein lost his seat for the 2018 season, being replaced by Ferrari youngster Charles Leclerc.

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