Sauber rolls out the C33-Ferrari

We're not sure if it's the Robocop paint jobs or the lack of sponsors and kaleidoscopic colors, but Sauber has again managed to make the most of the regulations and put out what might be the second-best looking car we've seen so far, the C33-Ferrari, behind the black-tipped Infiniti Red Bull Racing RB10. Or it might be that we haven't been given a full-frontal glimpse yet. No matter, here we have the pre-season iteration of the Swiss outfit's Formula One challenger, powered by the 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 found in the Ferrari F14 T.

Sauber rolls out the C33-Ferrari

Esteban Gutiérrez is the holdover driver from last year, joined by Adrian Sutil - who swapped seats with Nico Hülkenberg, who's now at Force India. The second half of last season saw the outfit on a points-earning tear. We can't necessarily expect that to continue into 2014 since the cost-cutting V6 era requires vastly more resources to gear up for than the V8s we just left, but we'd love to see The Little Team That Could pick up where it left off. On the other hand, seasons like this make the early races perhaps the best place to earn points if you can just get a car to the finish as the big, ambitious teams succumb to life on the engineering edge until they get it right.

The first test in Jerez, Spain has begun, and while Sauber is at the bottom of the timesheets every day so far, nothing can be read into it. No one knows what to expect and everyone has to learn just about everything all over again, so engines have been tuned down in order to ensure they don't blow up, and that's assuming teams can keep them running properly for a full day. There are three videos below with Team Principal Monisha Kaltenborn, Gutiérrez and Sutil discussing the cars, the new season and the uncertainty.