![]() Massive demand for engine suppliers and a constant influx of new teams saw car manufacturers like Subaru, Porsche and Lamborghini enter Formula One as engine suppliers and sometimes buying out existing teams. The 1.5-litre turbocharged engines were phased out in favour of naturally aspirated 3.5-litre engines. The first 'turbo era' of Formula One ended with the 1988 season. Sauber also built a Group 5 version of the BMW M1.įormula One Sauber (1993–2005) Beginning and partnership with Mercedes-Benz (1993–1994) Sauber, in partnership with Mercedes, won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1989 and the World Sports Prototype Championship in 19 with the Sauber C9 and Mercedes-Benz C11, respectively. The first Sauber car, C1, was built in 1970. Sauber participated in a number of other racing series before its involvement in Formula One, including the Swiss Sportscar Championship and the World Sportscar Championship. Team Sauber-Mercedes achieved victory at the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Sauber-Mercedes C9. Among others, drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Karl Wendlinger, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jochen Mass, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Mauro Baldi raced for Sauber. ![]() They won the 24 hours of Le Mans and the World Sports Prototype Championship ( 19 respectively), competing against Jaguar and Porsche. After using turbocharged Mercedes V8 engines in the 1980s, his team became the official factory team of Mercedes-Benz, reviving the Silver Arrow legend. Peter Sauber began building sports cars in the 1970s. The team operates in a 15,600 m 2 (168,000 sq ft) facility in Hinwil, Switzerland. ![]() Audi bought a minority stake in the team in January 2023 in preparation of their Formula One entry. The team was sold during the 2016 season to Swiss investment firm Longbow Finance S.A, with Pascal Picci taking over Peter Sauber's role as chairman of the board and president. Until mid-2016, Peter Sauber held a controlling 66.6% stake in the team, with the remainder belonging to then CEO Monisha Kaltenborn she had been a leading figure in the team since BMW's withdrawal. At the beginning of the 2011 season, the team dropped BMW from their name. In March 2010, Peter Sauber announced plans to change the team name but the FIA announced that they would have to wait until the end of the season. Due to issues with the Concorde Agreement, the team remained as "BMW Sauber" for the 2010 season. At the end of a less successful 2009 season, BMW pulled out of Formula One and the team's future remained uncertain for several months until total control was handed back to Peter Sauber and granted a 2010 entry. Having not won a Grand Prix as an independent, the team was rebranded to BMW Sauber in 2006 and competed as BMW Sauber from 2006 to 2009, finishing second in 2007 and third in 2008 in the Constructors' Championship, and scoring their lone grand prix victory at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix. Sauber will return in 2024 as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and is set to be the Audi factory team from 2026 onwards. They were known as BMW Sauber from 2006 to 2010 and as Alfa Romeo F1 Team from 2019 to 2023 in a partnership deal with BMW and Alfa Romeo respectively. Sauber operated under their own name from 1993 until 2005 and from 2011 until 2018. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993. Sauber Motorsport AG is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. Sauber, Mercedes, Ford, Petronas, BMW, Ferrari For other uses, see Sauber (disambiguation).Īlessandro Alunni Bravi (General Counsel)
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