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Sauber Motorsport AG, currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. 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 did convince Mercedes to enter F1 in 1994 but a year later the German company did a deal with McLaren, leaving Sauber to become the Ford F1 works team. This was followed by a deal with the Malaysian oil company Petronas in 1995 and the establishment of an engineering company called Sauber Petronas Engineering to design and build V10 engines.
The Sauber team's existing major sponsors, Petronas and Credit Suisse, renewed their contracts with BMW. The team also announced a technical partnership with technology company Intel. [8] The team's new livery, which was maintained throughout its tenure in Formula One, consisted of the traditional BMW blue and white with a hint of red.
At this stage, Kaiser was a co-owner of the Sauber Formula One team (along with founder and team principal Peter Sauber and Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz), and Kaltenborn was employed to take charge of the team's corporate and legal affairs. By 2000, Kaiser had sold his shares, but Kaltenborn remained with the team as the head of its legal ...
He is a co-owner of Tetra Laval, the packaging company, and formerly a co-owner of Sauber Motorsport and the Alfa Romeo Formula One team, before selling the team to Audi in 2024. [ 1 ] Early life
Mario Theissen (born 17 August 1952 in Monschau, Germany) is the former BMW Motorsport Director and was team principal of BMW Sauber, the company's Formula One team from 2005 until 2009, when BMW sold the team back to Peter Sauber.
Frédéric Vasseur (born 28 May 1968) is a French motorsport executive, businessman and engineer. Since 2023, Vasseur has served as team principal of Ferrari in Formula One; he previously served as team prinicipal of Renault, Sauber and Alfa Romeo.
Team Sauber Mercedes: 4 1 0 0 3 21 5th 1991 World Sportscar Championship: Team Sauber Mercedes: 5 1 1 0 2 43 9th International Formula 3000 Championship: RSM Marko: 5 0 0 0 1 6 12th Formula One: Leyton House Racing: 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans: Team Sauber Mercedes: 1 0 1 0 0 N/A 5th 1992 Formula One: March F1: 14 0 0 0 0 3 12th 24 Hours ...