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Monisha Kaltenborn is confident a solution to Sauber's financial crisis is around the corner.
Sauber has struggled all year, often paying staff salaries late and missing all in-season tests for monetary reasons.
But the Swiss team's principal believes the team is about to turn a corner.
"I'm relieved about it all because this is a good team, with good skills and good people. Certain things have just hit us really badly, but this team deserves it," she said. "I'm not going to give a timeline as to an announcement, but we have a solution we will follow, and we will announce it when the time is right."
"We're not the only team to have gone through this where you don't really know how they suddenly vanish when something happens," added Kaltenborn.
"I'm happy we have a different kind of solution, and they will be here to support the team, and they are then part of the team. It's not like them and us. We will all be one.
Despite the team's continued struggles since it became an independent team again in 2010, Kaltenborn insists the team is still a strong entity.
"You need in today's world a strong partner, and particularly in these times someone who believes in the team and sees the potential," she said. "That is something that has always been a strength of ours. If you look at our past we had Red Bull come in, Petronas, all different kinds of strong partners, and it doesn't have to just be big sponsorship, or a mix, or whatever."
"In this case you will again see that people see potential in us. BMW could have gone to any other team - they were with another team - but they chose to come to use because they saw our potential."
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Some Dutch people (not the brightest ones) blame her for not letting Giedo van der Garde drive for Sauber, which is slightly odd as he didn't fulfill the terms of the contract. Still, it's highly entertaining watching them still making posts on every Monisha article that gets published around here.