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 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 [...]

McLaren debutant Jenson Button has revealed that he will be the last of the drivers to test the MP4-25. Jenson Button will make his McLaren driving debut with the team at Valencia on the 3rd February, the last driver to drive the new McLaren in the three day tests. Despite recent rumours of De La Rosa making [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]