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Sauber ready to sparkle in 2017

The Sauber team has announced that their latest world championship contender the C36 will be publicly unveiled in just nine days time on February 20, making them the earliest Formula One team launch of their 2017 car so far announced.

The announcement on Twitter was accompanied by this moody and atmospheric image in deep blue. It does't give much away at this point but it certainly whets the appetite for what we'll get to see in a little over a week's time, with Renault, McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari also set to launch in the days following the Sauber event.

Pre-season testing gets underway in Spain on February 27m, another sure sign that the new season is fast approaching!

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.