BMW Sauber F1 is among the top F1 teams with bases in
Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. The team came into being in
2005 as the result of the merger of the Sauber Formula One and BMW.
Team Facts
Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica are race drivers of the team. Christian
Klien and Marko Asmer are test drivers. Chasis being used is BMW Sauber
F1.08 and the engine is BMW P86/8.
Making of the Team
The team was recently formed in 2005 after the existing Sauber Formula
One team was taken over by German car manufacturer BMW. Sauber, the
team's predecessor started participation in the Formula One in the 1993
with engines supplied by Mercedes. The Sauber team switched to Ferrari
engines, badged as Petronas, from 1997 to 2005.
BMW Sauber in Formula One
At its first season in 2006, the team scored two podium finishes and
came fifth. At the end of the 2006 season, BMW Sauber team was in the
6th position among the Formula One teams with 36 points. In 2007, it
attained the second place. Robert Kubica, its driver from Poland, scored
the team its first Grand Prix victory at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.
Sauber enjoyed their most successful season in 2001, where they finished
fourth in the Constructors' Championship. However, Sauber never achieved
a race win, pole position or fastest lap during its existence in Grand
Prix racing.
One of the top F1 formula teams, BMW Sauber team
came into being after the merger of the BMW and Sauber Formula 1.