Thursday, June 14, 2007

bmw sauber

Base: Munich, Germany / Hinwil, Switzerland
Drivers: N Heidfeld
R Kubica
Test Drivers: T Glock
S Vettel
Chassis: F1.07
Engine: BMW P86/7
Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza
First Season: 1993
World Championships: 0
Highest race finish: 2 (x1)
Pole Positions: 0
Fastest Laps: 0
2006 Fifth in standings in first campaign under BMW control, despite early reliability problems. Part company with Jacques Villeneuve mid season, replacement Robert Kubica scoring Italian podium, matching team mate Nick Heidfeld's Hungarian result.
2005 In June, Peter Sauber announces he is to step down as team principal after negotatiating takeover by BMW for 2006.
2004 Major wind tunnel investment pays off handsomely with impressively consistent season. Score points in 12 races to finish a lonely sixth in the constructors' table. Sign former champion Jacques Villeneuve for 2005.
2003 Difficult season, with points at only five (mostly wet) races. Best result Indianapolis, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third, Nick Heidfeld fifth. Also sees team lead a Grand Prix for first time. Both drivers dropped for '04. Sixth in constructors' championship.
2002 Eleven points is enough to give team fifth place in the constructors' championship. The best result of the season is fourth and fifth in the Spanish Grand Prix.
2001 The team's best ever season with fourth place in the constructors' championship.
2000 Finish eighth in the constructors' championship with only six points. The highest finishes are two fifth places in Germany and Monaco. Both cars withdrawn from the Brazilian Grand Prix after spectacular rear wing failures.
1997 Best performance of the season is Johnny Herbert's third in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
1996 Johnny Herbert third for the team at the Monaco Grand Prix, team mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen taking fourth place. Team finish seventh in the constructors' championship.
1995 Team achieve first podium as Heinz-Harald Frentzen finishes third at Monza.
1993 Team manage a scoring finish in their first Grand Prix with J.J. Lehto taking fifth in South Africa. End the season sixth in the constructors' championship with 12 points.

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