BMW has finally solved a mechanical problem that severely hampered its winter season and the opening races of this year.
“It is fixed,” BMW-Sauber team principal Mario Theissen, referring to the recurring hydraulic flaw in its new seamless gearbox, told the Swiss newspaper Blick.
The German said the problem was a materials defect from an external supplier.
Backing Theissen’s claim, Nick Heidfeld drove to a highly competitive fourth place in Bahrain last Sunday, with teammate Robert Kubica – sixth – finally finishing a race without a major problem.
