What Sauber sees in its ’inside-out, back-to-front’ pull-rod F1 suspension

As part of a push to be more aggressive with its 2024 C44 design, Sauber has made some extensive changes to the car that Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will race this season.

One of the most intriguing design shifts is in its suspension layout, with the squad changing to the pull-rod front suspension layout that Red Bull and McLaren have exclusively put to good use in the current ground-effect era.

While a pull-rod layout at the front had…