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The acquisition by Longbow Finance followed a series of speculation about the future of Sauber. It was a turbulent time that led to th… Chairman Dr. On 15 September 2009, it was announced that BMW Sauber had secured a buyer, On 3 December 2009, the FIA confirmed that Sauber had been granted the entry vacated by Despite promising pace in winter testing, the team struggled with technical problems in the early rounds of the season, with no points from the first six races. Pascal Picci was announced to take Peter Sauber's role as chairman of the board and president. The Sauber Group of Companies is composed of three operational entities: Sauber Motorsport AG, which operates and manages the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN. Despite this, Kubica remained with an outside chance of taking the Drivers' Championship until the In October 2008, the team confirmed that they would stick with Following a meeting of the BMW board on 28 July, the company held a press conference the following morning in which it confirmed the team's withdrawal from Formula One at the end of 2009. During the 1960s, several minor F1 teams used Alfa Romeo straight-4 engines and a V8 Alfa Romeo appeared in McLaren and March cars in the early 1970s. Together with the They would finish the season with the same points tally as the previous year but finished only eighth out of the fourteen original entrants. This greatly annoyed Kubica, (who was leading the championship after the Canadian Grand Prix), as he felt they could have had a realistic chance of taking at least one title. Having not won a Grand Prix as an independent, the team was sold to Until mid-2016, Peter Sauber held a controlling 66.6% stake in the team, with the remainder belonging to then CEO Sauber participated in a number of other racing series before its involvement in Formula One, including the Swiss Sportscar Championship and the The car's racing debut took place in the first race of The team went into the 1994 season as Sauber Mercedes, now officially Mercedes's Early signs showed the team was, rather disappointingly, delivering similar performances to the previous year, scoring a small tally of points in the opening rounds. F1 followers can honour their all-time heroes with our multiple legacy lines, where iconic figures across the sport's rich history, from Ayrton Senna to Alain Prost to Michael Schumacher, are rightfully and respectfully represented. Massive demand for engine suppliers and a constant influx of new teams saw car manufacturers like Subaru, Porsche and Lamborghini enter Formula One as engine suppliers and sometimes buying out existing teams. They sided with the non-Ferrari teams over planned rule changes at the end of the 2004 season and also joined up with the At the end of the 2005 season, the team's majority shareholding previously owned by The new livery, unveiled in Valencia on 17 January 2006, was the traditional Jacques Villeneuve scored the team's first points with a seventh-place finish at the The team ran a radical "twin towers" aero enhancement on the front of the car for the race in Magny-Cours, France, which was meant to direct airflow to the rear and thus improve performance.Kubica scored BMW Sauber's second podium of the season at the The new car showed promising form throughout the winter testing, topping the times sheets on occasions. Following the season's conclusion, Ericsson was not retained for the following season and Leclerc departed for On 1 February 2019, Sauber announced that it would compete in the 2019 season as "In November 2018, Sauber entered a partnership with Czech team Beginning and partnership with Mercedes-Benz (1993–1994)Independent return with Ferrari engines (2010–2017)Beginning and partnership with Mercedes-Benz (1993–1994)Independent return with Ferrari engines (2010–2017)The total tally includes 70 races in which the team competed as The team achieved its only pole position as BMW Sauber.The total tally includes 17 podiums achieved as BMW Sauber.The total tally includes points achieved as BMW Sauber.The total tally includes 2 fastest laps achieved as BMW Sauber.BMW remained in the team's official title due to issues with the Although World Championship races held in 1952 and 1953 were run to Formula Two regulations, constructors who only participated during this period are included herein to maintain Championship continuity.