Monisha Kaltenborn

Sauber drivers Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein said yesterday they were surprised by the team owners' shock decision to dump Formula One's first female team boss Monisha Kaltenborn on Wednesday. The two men spoke after arriving in the paddock at Baku ahead of this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix and had differing views on the background to the departure of the Indian-born Austrian, 46, who had been team boss since being appointed by team founder Peter Sauber in 2012.