Sauber

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, Melbourne, 2011

Sauber entered F1 in 1993

Active years: 1993-2005, 2011-
Previous identities: BMW (2006-2010)

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History

Sauber entered F1 in 1993 using engines supplied by Mercedes. It was originally believed the team would become Mercedes’ works F1 outfit but that plan changed when Mercedes became engine suppliers to McLaren in 1995.

Sauber remained as an independent F1 team and was the first destination for several upcoming drivers including Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.

It enjoyed a particularly strong season in 2001 with Raikkonen and Nick Heidfeld taking the team to fourth in the constructors’ championship.

Team owner Peter Sauber sold his team to BMW at the end of 2005 but five years later he was back in charge of the team once more after the car manufacturer withdrew from the sport. The team officially took over the Sauber name once again at the beginning of 2011.

Results

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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Championship position 7 8 7 7 7 6 8 8 4 5 6 6 8 7
Points 12 12 18 11 16 10 5 6 21 11 19 34 20 44

Drivers

Complete list of Sauber F1 drivers

Headquarters

Sauber are based in Hinwil, Switzerland (above).

Major team personnel

Team principal – Peter Sauber
CEO – Monisha Kaltenborn
Technical director – James Key
Chief designer – Christoph Zimmermann
Head of aerodynamics – Seamus Mullarkey
Team manager – Beat Zehnder
Head of track engineering – Giampaolo Dall’Ara
Race engineer (Kamui Kobayashi) – Francesco Nenci
Race engineer (Sergio Perez) – Marco Schüpbach
Chief mechanic – Urs Kuratle

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