Like Minardi, Jordan and hundreds of other F1 team names, Sauber has been consigned to the history books. Why the change, and what has F1 lost, asks Dieter Rencken.
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Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team becomes Alfa Romeo Racing
2019 F1 season
Posted onSauber, which races under the team name Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team, has announced it will compete as Alfa Romeo Racing in the 2019 F1 season.
Giovinazzi: Sauber aim to be “best of the rest” in 2019
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Sauber aim to be “best of the rest” in 2019 – Giovinazzi • Rosberg: Vettel and Ferrari must improve • Hamilton tipped for Moto GP test offer
Sauber to launch new car on first day of testing
2019 F1 season
Posted onSauber will launch its new car for the 2019 F1 season on the first day of pre-season testing, it has confirmed.
Prancing horsepower helps Sauber make a “huge step forward”
2018 F1 season review: Sauber
Posted onFerrari power units plus Ferrari’s sensational star driver helped Sauber make a “huge step forward” in 2018 according to team principal Frederic Vasseur.
Raikkonen expected Sauber to feel more different to Ferrari
2019 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen says he expected Sauber’s F1 car to feel more different than the Ferrari he has driven this year after testing it for the first time.
2018 team mates battles: Leclerc vs Ericsson at Sauber
2018 F1 season review
Posted onCharles Leclerc made a case for his promotion to Ferrari in 2019 and may have buried Sauber team mate Marcus Ericsson’s Formula 1 career in the process.
Sauber was in “survival mode” for two-and-a-half years – Ericsson
2018 F1 season
Posted onMarcus Ericsson says Sauber hit “rock bottom” and were struggling to survive for most of his spell at the team.
Calderon’s ‘first real F1 test’ at Fiorano impressed Sauber
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Calderon’s ‘first real F1 test’ at Fiorano impressed Sauber • Alonso misses V8 engine noise • Ricciardo says farewell to Red Bull
Sauber is F1’s most-improved team of 2018
2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Lap Time Watch
Posted onSauber cemented their position as Formula 1’s most improved team of 2018 in Abu Dhabi. But for the eighth time this year Williams lapped slower than they did in 2017.
Gasly ‘surprised Sauber haven’t scored more points”
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Gasly ‘surprised Sauber haven’t scored more points’ • Floersch: “I’m going to come back” • Liberty ‘would be interested in buying NASCAR’
Leclerc: Sauber didn’t expect car to be this strong
2018 F1 season
Posted onCharles Leclerc says Sauber didn’t expect to end the season with such a competitive car.
Leclerc told 50 times to save his tyres in Sauber’s extreme Mexico strategy
2018 Mexican Grand Prix
Posted onSauber’s tyre-saving strategy in the Mexican Grand Prix was so extreme Charles Leclerc had to be told 50 times to slow down to preserve his rubber.
Calderon: F1 car feels more comfortable than F2 or GP3
2018 F1 season
Posted onSauber test driver Tatiana Calderon says she feels more comfortable in an Formula 1 car than junior series chassis ahead of he first run for the team in Mexico today.
Calderon: Sauber run will help prove women can race in F1
2018 Mexican Grand Prix
Posted onSauber test driver Tatiana Calderon says her first run in the team’s Formula 1 car on Tuesday is an opportunity to demonstrate women can race in the sport.
Ericsson to become Sauber’s third driver after losing race seat
2019 F1 season
Posted onMarcus Ericsson will remain with Sauber as the team’s third driver after losing his race seat.
Giovinazzi to join Raikkonen at Sauber in 2019, leaving Ericsson without a drive
2019 F1 season
Posted onSauber has confirmed Antonio Giovinazzi will join Kimi Raikkonen in an all-new line-up at the team for the 2019 F1 season.
Sauber six seconds quicker than last year in Singapore
Lap Time Watch: 2018 Singapore Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 has made the biggest leap in performance of the year so far at Singapore. Sauber led the way by lapping over six seconds quicker than they did in 2017.
Signing Raikkonen is part of a “huge push” at Sauber
2018 Singapore Grand Prix
Posted onBringing Kimi Raikkonen to Sauber is part of a “huge push” to move up the grid, according to team principal Frederic Vasseur.
Raikkonen will return to Sauber for 2019 and 2020
2019 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen has announced he will return to Sauber for the 2019 F1 season.