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Very rarely do you get what you wish for. But this season BMW Sauber have achieved just that, finishing third in the constructors’ championship and scoring their maiden pole and race win. It’s a brilliant achievement for a relatively young team, who have finally taken the fight to Ferrari and McLaren and become real title contenders.

Over winter matters hadn’t looked quite so upbeat, with murmurs that their aggressive pre-season development programme had backfired...