The history of Sauber team

Sauber is a mid-range F/KLOC-0 team, and this team is looking forward to the breakthrough moment through hard work-winning the first grand prix. Peter Sober started to build his own racing car in 1970. He is famous for driving Sober C6 in the new class C race. 1985, his first racing car with a Mercedes-Benz engine was put into use. By 1989, with the increasing investment of Mercedes-Benz, they won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Sports Car Series. Obviously, the team's next goal will be to March into F 1. Unfortunately, on 9 1, Mercedes-Benz announced that it would not enter F 1 with them, but only promised to provide economic and technical support. Not only did they lose Mercedes, but more importantly, Harvey Baust Leswitt also quit the team after learning the news. It was Harvey who designed the C 12 car for Sauber after leaving Taylor's team. Sauber only relies on one sports car designer, Leo Rice, and another Steven Nichols, who used to work at McLaren, to develop the car.

1993, Sauber first signed J. J. Leto and Carl Windlinger to represent the team in the Grand Prix. This team made its debut at the South African Grand Prix, which proved to be an exciting race! Leto won the sixth place in the qualifying round and the fifth place in the official competition. This is the first time that a new team has scored points at the first stop since 1977 Schuchet scored points at the first stop! However, after this great start, the team began to suffer from the pain of not being able to really compete with powerful opponents. However, the team's steady performance allowed Lehto to finish fourth in imola, while Wendelinger finished fourth in Monza. At that time, the team ranked sixth in the standings with 12 points.

1994, Lechetu was replaced by a young German driver, hansel frentzen. Frentzen made his debut in Brazil's F 1, which means that Suo Beier won the fifth place in qualifying, and then he won the fifth place in the official competition of the Pacific Grand Prix. After that, Suo Beier's luck began to deteriorate. Windlinger had a serious car accident in Monaco. He was in a coma for a long time and his life was dying. Fortunately, he survived after that.

1996 Mercedes, which refused to join them in F 1, unexpectedly announced that it was ready to join the ranks of Formula One, and this time they reached a five-year cooperation agreement with McLaren, thus cutting off all contact with Sauber. Although franzen won the third place in the Italian Grand Prix, it still made little progress in the team standings, and finally ranked seventh in the team standings with only 1 1.

1997 it seems that the situation is getting worse. Stewart announced that they would use Ford engines in the 1997 season. Sober chose last season's Ferrari engine and named it Petronas. Later facts proved that this decision was wise. Herbert performed well in the Hungarian Grand Prix from the beginning and finally won the third place. This is the first time for Sauber drivers to get on the podium. That season, Herbert partnered with several drivers, first five races with Larini, then two races with Muppedeli, three races with fontana, then with Muppedeli, and finally with fontana. This practice hindered the success of the team and led to Herbert's lack of testing time. In the end, the team ranked seventh in the standings with 16.

1998, the team signed an experienced jean alessi partner Herbert, but Herbert suffered a lot all season. Alessi won the third place for the team in Belgium for the second time. In Austria, he became one of the few drivers who could challenge the ruler McLaren because he got the first row starting position. At the end of the season, the team ranked sixth in the standings with 10.

1999 In a rainy day race in Manicus, this scene was repeated again, but he finally quit the race because he didn't adapt to the wet ground. Together with Pedro Dinitz, he won Sauber five points for the whole season, and the team finally ranked eighth in the standings with five points. Both drivers did well that year, but the reliability of the car made them regret retiring more than once.

In the 2000 season, Dinitz stayed with mika salo. But they never won the first game, and the team only scored 6 points, ranking eighth in the standings. The best record is that Germany and Monaco finished fifth. Both cars withdrew from the race in Brazil because of tail failure.

200 1, Sober changed the lineup of all drivers. One of the new drivers is former Prost driver Nick heidfeld. His partner is Raikkonen, a driver who just entered F/KLOC-0. Although many people doubted the young Finn's ability, his obvious talent continued to shine in the game, and McLaren recruited him soon. After the Japanese Grand Prix held at the end of the season, Sober ranked fourth in the team standings with a score of 2 1. The whole team has been immersed in excitement and joy for months. The team then signed another talented newcomer, Brazilian felipe massa, hoping to maintain their position in the team standings in 2002.

In the 2002 season, Heidfeld partnered with Massa, and the points of 1 1 were enough to make the team rank fifth. The best record is Spain's fourth and fifth.

In 2003, the team replaced Massa with experienced driver franzen. In 2003, the team continued to use Ferrari engines, but the weak aerodynamics of the car made it difficult for them. After 16 races, the team decided to replace all two drivers to prepare for the 2004 season. Massa returned to the team to partner with Fisichella. For most of the season, the team struggled and finally ranked sixth in the championship list with 19 points.

In 2004, the investment in wind tunnel gained a good return, and the stability of the fleet was impressive. 12 race points, sixth in the team standings.

In 2005, Sauber signed former world champion jacques villeneuv to partner Massa. However, after consulting with BMW, Peter Sober announced in June 2005 that he would no longer be the team manager and the team would be taken over by BMW. After purchasing Sauber Patunas, which is headquartered in Switzerland, BMW Sauber will enter the 2006 season as a BMW team. As a technical partner, BMW once provided Williams with the V 10 engine. In the past five years, the flag of BMW Williams has written the history of 10 race. Perhaps because of the failure to win the championship, BMW's board of directors announced that it would take over Sober Patunas in the middle of the 2005 season. Nick heidfeld will be one of the drivers of BMW Sauber in 2006, but the team has not confirmed the identity of another driver. Mario Sesson is still in charge of BMW's motorsport department, and vowed to increase the number of team employees and inject funds into the team's engineering department. Perhaps the team won't care about the victory at first, but apart from the victory, it is obvious that BMW will not participate in this sport for any other reason, and BMW will become a real team owner from a pure engine supplier. Former team boss Peter Sauber will keep a small number of shares and stay in the team as a consultant. Sober, in the turmoil, ranked eighth in the team standings with 20 points.

The 2006 season is a fruitful season for BMW Sauber, and the team has made great achievements in improving the car and training young drivers. At the beginning of the season, due to the unstable performance of the car, the team could not complete the race. However, after effectively adjusting the racing technology and driver lineup, the brand-new Polish Kubica brought good luck to the team. The achievement of getting on the podium in Italy gave him and the team hope for the future. The two drivers had an epiphany, making it possible for the team to stay in the second group. Vettel, a test driver who has been firmly supported by the team, also makes BMW Group full of hope for a bright future. BMW's performance this season can be said to be first suppressed and then promoted. Ranked fifth in the team standings with 36 points.

The 2007 season is "just one step away from the championship" for BMW. This season has been a very successful one for BMW Sauber. Throughout the season, BMW maintained the position of the top three competitors, and the team boarded the podium twice. In the end, they ranked second in the team standings with 65,438+0,065,438+0 points, which was completely above the 2006 championship Renault.

In the 2008 season, Kubica won the first championship in his career in Canada. At the 42nd stop, which lasted two and a half years, Sober finally won the first sub-station championship after BMW joined the team. However, after returning to Europe, the team's combat effectiveness declined and there were signs of being swallowed up by large forces again. At the end of the season, the performance of BMW Sauber suddenly had a big problem, and the big mistake of the team technicians in tire selection was the real "culprit". The team finally ranked third in the team standings with 135 points. Although the team failed to draw a perfect end to this season's journey, it is undeniable that they have entered the ranks of top teams.

In the 2009 season, BMW announced that it would withdraw from F 1 at the end of the season. Former partner Pete Sober took over the operation of the team again, and the team continued to use the combination of Kubica and heidfeld.

In 20 10, Ferrari became the engine supplier of Sauber, and C29 racing car was equipped with Ferrari engine. However, Sauber has no intention of changing the name of the team. They will still participate in the 20 10 F 1 championship under the name of BMW Sauber. However, at 20 10, the team's performance was somewhat disappointing, and the position of the technical director also appeared problems. As for drivers, Delarossa was replaced by heidfeld in the last five races.

20 1 1 Sauber continues to cooperate with Ferrari. In the first half of the season, the team performed well, especially Kamui Kobayashi, which entered the top ten for many times. In qualifying for Monaco Grand Prix, Perez suffered a car accident, so he missed the match between Monaco and Canada.