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Sauber latest to pass crash tests

Sauber has become the latest team to pass its mandatory crash tests ahead of the start of pre-season testing.

All teams must pass stringent FIA crash tests before their cars are allowed to take part in testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the first test starting on February 22. Sauber confirmed on Monday afternoon it has now had its chassis homologated, with the team tweeting: "YAY! The #SauberC35 did it! Nose & chassis passed the static & dynamic crash tests!"

Sauber's joins Haas, Renault, Force India, Manor, Ferrari and Toro Rosso in confirming its car has passed the tests, with only Mercedes, McLaren, Williams and Red Bull yet to say whether their respective chassis are homologated.

Red Bull left it late in 2015 to pass the tests as it pushed its car design programme right up to the start of the first test in Jerez at the start of February.

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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.