Sauber

Swiss · raced 1993–2025

440Races

0Wins

11Podiums

313Top 10s

10.69Avg Position

13.56Avg Grid Pos

Sauber was a Swiss constructor founded by Peter Sauber, who had run sports cars with Mercedes. It entered Formula 1 in 1993 and raced as Sauber until 2005 and again from 2010 to 2018, between its years as BMW Sauber. It took 11 podiums, including Sergio Perez's second place at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix and Kamui Kobayashi's third place at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix, and started 440 Grands Prix, but it never won one. The name returned in 2024 and 2025, when the team was being prepared for Audi.

All-time records

4th in Most F1 Race Entries by a Constructor (443 races entered)
13th in Most F1 Points by a Constructor (1,662 points)

Top Drivers

Driver	Podiums	Points (as awarded)	Races
Kamui Kobayashi	1	122	58
Nico Hülkenberg	1	102	41
Sergio Pérez	3	80	37
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	42	64
Charles Leclerc	0	39	21
Nick Heidfeld	1	31	55
Felipe Nasr	0	29	39
Felipe Massa	0	27	52
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	22	18
Johnny Herbert	2	20	49

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Top Circuits

Circuit	Avg Points (as awarded)	Races
Korean International Circuit	4.5	4
Sochi Autodrom	2.8	5
Valencia Street Circuit	2.67	3
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	2.2	5
Sepang International Circuit	2.2	15
Suzuka Circuit	2	24
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1.96	24
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	1.95	21
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1.88	24
Baku City Circuit	1.8	5

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Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Notable drivers

Most wins for the team, then most races.

M. Ericsson2015–2018 · 0 wins
H. Frentzen1994–2003 · 0 wins
K. Kobayashi2010–2012 · 0 wins
N. Heidfeld2001–2010 · 0 wins
F. Massa2002–2005 · 0 wins
J. Herbert1996–1998 · 0 wins

Season by season

Sauber season-by-season championship record
Season	Constructors' position	Points
2025	9	70
2024	10	4
2018	8	48
2017	10	5
2016	10	2
2015	8	36
2014	10	0
2013	7	57
2012	6	126
2011	7	44
2010	8	44
2005	8	20
2004	6	34
2003	6	19
2002	5	11
2001	4	21
2000	8	6
1999	8	5
1998	6	10
1997	7	16
1996	7	11
1995	7	18
1994	8	12
1993	7	12

Teammate battles

Teammate head-to-head battles at Sauber
Season	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2025	Gabriel Bortoleto vs Nico Hülkenberg	11–12	10–13	15–51
2024	Valtteri Bottas vs Guanyu Zhou	21–3	14–10	0–4
2018	Marcus Ericsson vs Charles Leclerc	4–17	9–12	9–39
2017	Marcus Ericsson vs Pascal Wehrlein	7–11	7–11	0–5
2016	Marcus Ericsson vs Felipe Nasr	11–9	13–8	0–2
2015	Marcus Ericsson vs Felipe Nasr	9–9	7–11	9–27
2014	Esteban Gutiérrez vs Adrian Sutil	7–12	11–8	0–0
2013	Esteban Gutiérrez vs Nico Hülkenberg	1–17	4–14	6–51
2012	Kamui Kobayashi vs Sergio Pérez	9–11	10–10	60–66
2011	Kamui Kobayashi vs Sergio Pérez	8–9	9–7	14–14
2010	Kamui Kobayashi vs Pedro de la Rosa	6–7	7–6	21–6
2010	Nick Heidfeld vs Kamui Kobayashi	1–4	2–3	6–11
2005	Felipe Massa vs Jacques Villeneuve	11–7	13–5	11–9
2004	Giancarlo Fisichella vs Felipe Massa	11–7	14–4	22–12
2003	Heinz-Harald Frentzen vs Nick Heidfeld	7–8	5–10	13–6
2002	Nick Heidfeld vs Felipe Massa	11–5	11–4	7–4
2001	Nick Heidfeld vs Kimi Räikkönen	10–7	9–7	12–9
2000	Pedro Diniz vs Mika Salo	5–11	3–13	0–6
1999	Jean Alesi vs Pedro Diniz	12–4	10–6	2–3
1998	Jean Alesi vs Johnny Herbert	10–6	11–5	9–1
1997	Johnny Herbert vs Gianni Morbidelli	7–0	6–1	11–0
1997	Johnny Herbert vs Nicola Larini	5–0	2–3	3–1
1997	Norberto Fontana vs Johnny Herbert	0–4	2–2	0–0
1996	Heinz-Harald Frentzen vs Johnny Herbert	13–3	9–6	7–4
1995	Jean-Christophe Boullion vs Heinz-Harald Frentzen	0–11	2–9	3–12
1995	Heinz-Harald Frentzen vs Karl Wendlinger	6–0	5–1	3–0
1994	Andrea de Cesaris vs Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1–8	3–5	1–4
1994	Heinz-Harald Frentzen vs Karl Wendlinger	3–0	1–2	2–4
1993	Jyrki Järvilehto vs Karl Wendlinger	8–8	7–9	5–7

Drivers who raced for Sauber

Drivers who have raced for Sauber
Driver	Seasons	Races
M. Ericsson	2015–2018	81
H. Frentzen	1994–2003	66
K. Kobayashi	2010–2012	58
N. Heidfeld	2001–2010	55
F. Massa	2002–2005	53
J. Herbert	1996–1998	49
N. Hülkenberg	2013–2025	43
F. Nasr	2015–2016	40
E. Gutiérrez	2013–2014	38
S. Pérez	2011–2012	38
P. Diniz	1999–2000	33
J. Alesi	1998–1999	32
K. Wendlinger	1993–1995	26
G. Bortoleto	2025	24
G. Zhou	2024	24
V. Bottas	2024	24
C. Leclerc	2018	21
A. Sutil	2014	19
J. Villeneuve	2005	19
P. Wehrlein	2017	18
G. Fisichella	2004	18
J. Järvilehto	1993–1994	18
K. Räikkönen	2001	17
M. Salo	2000	17
P. de la Rosa	2010–2011	15
J. Boullion	1995	11
A. de Cesaris	1994	9
G. Morbidelli	1997	8
N. Larini	1997	5
N. Fontana	1997	4
A. Giovinazzi	2017	2