Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber

Location: Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland
Years in F1: 1993 - 2005, 2010 - 2018, 2024 - Present
Team championships: 0
Drivers Championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 1
Races started: 486
Pole positions: 1

Sauber team history

the Sauber team was set up by Peter Sauber and ran as the Sauber team from 1993 to 2005. From 2006 to 2009 it was bought by BMW and was run as BMW Sauber. Control Returned to Peter Sauber in 2010 and the team ran as Suber until 2018. From 2019 through to 2023 the team ran as Alfa Romeo before returning to the Sauber name in 2024. Audi are in the process of taking over the team ready for it to be the Audi works team from 2026.

Head of Audi F1: Mattia Binotto
Team principal: Jonathan Wheatley
Chief Technical Officer: Stefan Dreyer
Technical Director: James Key
Website: sauber-group

2025

Position:
Points:
Race wins:
Nico Hulkenberg
Gabriel Bortoleto

2024

Position: 10
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Valtteri Bottas 22nd 0 points
Guanyu Zhou 20th 4 points
This was a difficult season for the team with the car being consistently the slowest on the grid. It replaced both drivers at the end of the season and there continue to be changes in the personel prior to the team becoming the Audi works team from 2026.

2018

Position: 8
Points: 48
Race wins: 0
Marcus Erricson 17th 9 points
Charles Leclerc 13th 39 points
The 2018 season was inprovement on the 2017 season as they signed a deal to continue to use Ferarri engines but branded under the Alpha Romeo name. Charles Leclerc joined the team and was picked up as a potential winner so after a a year with Sauber moved to Feraarri for 2019. Marcus Erricson struggled again and was moved to test driver at the end of the season.

2017

Position: 10
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Pascal Wehlein 18th 5 points
Marcus Erricson 20th 0 points
Antonio Giovinazzi 22nd 0 points
In 2017 Pascal Wehlein replaced Felipe Nasr but the team continued to struggle at the back of the grid.

2016

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Marcus Erricson 22nd 0 points
Felipe Nasr 17th 2 points
The 2016 season was another difficult season as they scored points in only one race. During the season Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn sold their investment in the company to a Swiss based investment company.

2015

Position: 8
Points: 36
Race wins: 0
Marcus Erricson 18th 9 points
Felipe Nasr 13th 27 points
Sauber had two new drivers for 2015, the inexperienced marcus Erricson and the rookie Felipe Nasr. Sauber are banking on the form they showed in lower formula being replicated in F1. In the first race of 2015 bboth cars finiished in the points, a big change from the previous season. THe season was disrupted early on by a contractual dispute with Giedo van der Garde.

2014

Position: 10
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Marcus Erricson 0 points
Felipe Nasr 0 points
For the 2014 season Adrin Sutil moved to Force India to join Esteban Gutierrez. Monisha Kalterborn continued as team principal working with a limited budget, but it was a poor season for them as they failed to score a single point for the first time in their history.

2013

Position: 7
Points: 57
Race wins: 0
Nico Hulkenberg 10th 51 points
Esteban Gutierrez 16th 6 points

2012

Position: 6
Points: 126
Race wins: 0
Kamui Kobayashi 12th 60 points
Sergio Perez 10th 66 points
The 2012 season was probably the best season that Sauber has had to date with several double points scoring races during the season.

2011

Position: 7
Points: 44
Race wins: 0
Kamui Kobayashi 12th 30 points
Sergio Perez 16th 14 points

2010

Position: 8
Points: 44
Race wins: 0
Kamui Kobayashi 12th 32 points
Pedro de le Rossa 18th 6 points

2005

Position: 8
Points: 20
Race wins: 0
Jaques Villeneuve 14th 9 points
Felipe Massa 13th 11 points

2004

Position: 6
Points: 34
Race wins: 0
Giancarlo Fisichella 12th 12 points
Felipe Massa 13th 11 points

2003

Position: 6
Points: 19
Race wins: 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11th 13 points
Nick Heidfeld 14th 6 points

2002

Position: 5
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Nick Heidfeld 10th 7 points
Felipe Massa 12th 4 points

2001

Position: 4
Points: 22
Race wins: 0
Nick Heidfeld 7th 13 points
Kimi Raikkonen 9th 9 points

2000

Position: 8
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Mika Salo 11th 6 points
Pedro Diniz 0 points

1999

Position: 8
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Jean Alesi 15th 2 points
Pedro Diniz 14th 3 points

1998

Position: 6
Points: 10
Race wins: 0
Jean Alesi 11th 9 points
Johnny Herbert 15th 1 points

1997

Position: 7
Points: 32
Race wins: 0
Nicola Larini 19th 1 points
Johnny Herbert 10th 15 points

1996

Position: 7
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 12th 7 points
Johnny Herbert 14th 4 points

1995

Position: 7
Points: 18
Race wins: 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 9th 15 points
Jean-Cristophe Bouillion 16th 3 points

1994

Position: 8
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13th 7 points
Karl Wendlinger 19th 4 points