BMW Sauber Formula 1

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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: 3 (x8) Pole Positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0

2006	Recover from early reliability problems to finish a well-deserved fifth in standings in first campaign under BMW control. Part company with Jacques Villeneuve mid season, with replacement Robert Kubica scoring podium in Italy to match that achieved by team mate Nick Heidfeld in Hungary.

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, scoring points at only five races, usually in wet conditions. Best result at Indianapolis, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third and Nick Heidfeld fifth. US race also sees team lead a Grand Prix for the first time. Both drivers dropped for 2004. Finish sixth in constructors' championship. 2002 11 points is enough to give Sauber 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 Sauber finishes eighth in the Constructors' Championship with only six points. The highest finishes were two fifth places in Germany and Monaco. Both cars are withdrawn from the Brazilian Grand Prix after spectacular rear wing failures. 1997 The team's best performance of the season is Herbert's third in the Hungarian Grand Prix. 1996 Johnny Herbert finishes third for the team at the Monaco Grand Prix, team mate Frentzen taking fourth place. The team finishes seventh in the Constructors' Championship. 1995 The team achieves its first podium as Heinz-Harald Frentzen finishes third at Monza. 1993 The Sauber team manages a scoring finish in its first Grand Prix with J. J. Lehto taking fifth in South Africa. The team end the season sixth in the Constructors' Championship with 12 points.