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Honda decision a no-brainer says Vasseur

Sauber team boss Fred Vasseur has admitted that his decision to cancel the planned deal with Honda was made within an hour of joining the Swiss team. The Frenchman, who has worked with a number of today's most successful F1 stars as they worked their way up the motorsport ladder, most notably Lewis Hamilton who he guided to the GP2 title with ART in 2006, was recruited by the newly formed Renault team in 2016 but left at the end of the year citing a 'too many cooks' attitude at the French outfit. In 2017, in the wake of Monisha Kaltenborn's 'departure' at Sauber, Vasseur was recruited as managing director & CEO as well as team principal. One of the very first decisions he took on joining...
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