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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.
The Kick Sauber C45 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber to compete in the 2025 Formula One World Championship.The car will be driven by Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hülkenberg in what is their final year running as Sauber before transforming into the Audi factory team from 2026 onwards.
Alfa Romeo left the sport after the end of the year, and Kick extended their relationship with Sauber Motorsport, renaming the team to "Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber." [27] The team will go as "Kick F1 Team" in countries with restrictions on promoting gambling, which was previously done with Alfa Romeo's title sponsorship. [28] [29] Kick also ...
[7] [8] Neel Jani works as the team's simulator driver. [9] [10] In 2025, Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto joined Sauber's team, Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, on separate multi-year contracts which will see them race for Audi in 2026. [11] [12] [13] In November 2024, the Qatar Investment Authority purchased a minority stake in the team. [14]
On 7 June 2023, Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake announced that Key would join the team on 1 September 2023. [11] He took on the role of Technical Director again, replacing the ousted Jan Monchaux . He previously held the position of Technical Director under this team under its former name of Sauber in 2013, ahead of their re-branding as the Audi works ...
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 Sauber". [27] Stake logos on the team's livery are replaced with those of Kick during selected races, particularly those held in countries where Stake cannot be ...
The Sauber C18 was the car with which the Sauber team competed in the 1999 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by Frenchman Jean Alesi , in his second year with the team, and Brazilian Pedro Diniz , who joined from Arrows .