The Sauber F1 team announced early on Saturday morning that Esteban Gutierrez will stay on for 2014.

The young Mexican will race alongside Adrian Sutil as his teammate at the Hinwil based team.

“I am happy to be able to continue as a driver for the Sauber F1 Team. It was a steep learning curve last season, but by working closely with the team I was able to improve continuously,” Said Gutierrez

It will be my fourth year with the team, the second as a racing driver, and I feel comfortable in taking the next step. The technical challenges in 2014 will be massive. Therefore it will be even more important to know well the people you are working with. I will do my very best to improve even more and support the team the best way I can.,” Gutierrez added.

“We are pleased Esteban will drive for us in 2014, because we believehe is a talented young racing driver. Last season he experienced first hand how hard it can be for a rookie to step into Formula One,” said Sauber Team Principal, Monisha Kaltenborn

Along with the singing of Gutierrez, Sauber also announced their continuation of their partnership with Mexican telecommunications company, Telmex.

“We at Telmex and Telcel are very proud to continue being part of the Sauber F1 Team to keep consolidating our succesful history in motorsport, particularly in Formula One and our driver development programme for Mexican and Latin drivers such as Esteban Gutiérrez, a great young talent, friend and human being,” said the Chairman of Telmex, Carlos Slim Domit.

With Telmex staying on for 2014, and with the driver market that played out the way it did, it looked as though it worked out quite well for Gutierrez and ensured that he retained his seat for 2014 at Sauber.