By finishing sixth in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Kamui Kobayashi scored eight championship points – the best result for Sauber so far this season. His team mate, Pedro de la Rosa, had to give up at half distance because of damage to the rear of the car caused by an accident with Adrian [...]

The first of their many mid-season updates looked promising for Sauber, as for the first time this season they were seriously competing for championship points. Kamui Kobayashi showed us the reason we all fell in love with him in the final races of 2009, passing Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi on the final lap with [...]

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 [...]

(L to R) James Key, Willy Rampf The 56-year-old German Willy Rampf has stepped down as technical director at the BMW Sauber team, after 10 years in his position at the Hinwil-based team. Rampf is to make way for 38-year-old Englishman James Key, who will take up his position at the team on April 1st. [...]

Sauber have today launched thir 2010 challenger – the C29 at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Valencia. “The last few months have been very intense for us,” says team boss and owner Peter Sauber. “First we had to battle to secure the survival of the team and then we focused on putting a strong [...]

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 [...]

According to the Swiss daily newspaper Blick, Sauber will confirm Pedro de la Rosa to drive alongside Kamui Kobayashi in 2010 for the new team. The newspaper said that an announcement will be made soon, barring “an earthquake in Hinwil.” The 38-year-old Spaniard has had two previous stints in an F1 race seat from 99-02 [...]

Sauber have today confirmed their first driver for 2010 – Japanese former Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi. Kobayashi stood in for an injured Timo Glock at Toyota in the last 2 races of last season to make his F1 debut. He finished 9th and 6th but won himself an instant fanbase due to his aggressive style. [...]

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 [...]