BMW Sauber have dropped a hint that they may be changing the name and logo of their Formula 1 team, to Sauber Motorsport. It makes sense, too, given that BMW are no longer associated with the team. The above, new logo was displayed on a press release previewing the Bahrain Grand Prix on the BMW [...]

The 38-year-old Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa has been confirmed as driving for the BMW Sauber team in 2010, alongside rookie teammate Kamui Kobayashi. de la Rosa said: “I always firmly believed I would be given another chance as a team driver. Since the number of test drives were radically reduced, this was what I was working [...]

The BMW Sauber F1 team has announced the restructuring of its management, following the purchase of the team by Peter Sauber near the end of last year. Peter Sauber is now the President of the board of directors, but will not have any operational duties at the team’s Hinwil base. This will be left with [...]

Sauber are the first team of the 13 to announce their launch date – January 31st at the Valencia circuit, before testing kicks off there the next day. Despite BMW selling the team to Sauber, the official team name will remain BMW Sauber – for the time being, at least as team boss Peter Sauber has “not [...]

November’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was of course the last time BMW will participate in F1, after they took the decision to pull out of the sport and sell the team to Peter Sauber. Although the BMW Sauber team was formed in 2005, BMW have been in F1 long before then, supplying engines in the [...]

Despite the strong rumours that they would not return to F1 in 2010, even saying: “The years we were together with BMW and Sauber, we benefited from the lubricant business; for next year, we have no team and the only reason for us to go back into F1 is on a business deal for the [...]

It has been reported that Kamui Kobayashi will drive for Sauber in 2010 after an impressive showing at the the end of the season. Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat alleges that a deal has been made but  that no confirmation will be made until both race seats have been filled. Kobayashi had hoped for a race [...]

Robert Kubica’s management has asked for clarity of the Renault-Genii deal to assess the Pole’s position for 2010. This could mean that Kubica is interested in shopping around if the deal isn’t to his liking. The clauses of his contract are unknown but with this deal there may be a loophole which allows him to [...]

The FIA has said in a press release on its website that Sauber‘s application to get a team on the grid in 2010 has been successful, with them taking the place of the departing Toyota team. The press release read: The FIA has written to inform BMW Sauber AG that their application for an entry [...]