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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 .
The Kick Sauber C44 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber to compete in the 2024 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, both in their third and final year with the team. It was the first Sauber-badged Formula One car since the Sauber C37 in 2018.
In January 2023, the Alfa Romeo F1 Team announced that Stake would be their title sponsor in a multi-year deal, with the team renamed to "Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake". [26] In 2024, the sponsorship deal continued with Sauber after Alfa Romeo's departure from Formula One at the end of the 2023 season, with the team operating as "Stake F1 Team Kick ...
[50] [51] Following the end of Sauber's partnership with Alfa Romeo, the team rebranded to Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber to accommodate the sponsorship of Stake.com and Kick. [52] Zhou completed the race in his home city of Shanghai for the first time in April as the Chinese Grand Prix returned to the calendar for the 2024 season.
However, in countries where advertisement of gambling and sports betting is disallowed, and in the video game F1 23, Stake's branding will be replaced by one of streaming website Kick. If both sponsorships are outlawed, and in its appearance in the video game F1 22, the Alfa Romeo logo will be featured.
The 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and was the 75th running of the Formula One World Championship.It was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
On 7 June 2023, Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake announced that Key would be joining the team on 1 September 2023. [11] He will take on the role of Technical Director again, replacing the ousted Jan Monchaux .
Audi announced in August 2022 that it would enter the championship as an engine manufacturer in 2026. [5] [6] In October, Audi confirmed its partnership with Sauber Motorsport for the year 2026, acquiring a stake in the company for the German brand to enter the competition by renaming the team and supplying engines.