BMW Sauber F1

Peter Sauber, the founder of the original Sauber Racing Team built his first car in 1970. Peter Sauber competed in sports car racing during the 1970s and 1980s, but this was never his primary fascination, he was more interested in building fast cars.

In 1989 Sauber teamed up with the Mercedes-Benz brand and formed the works team, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 and the World Sportscar Championship in 1989 and 1990.

The Swiss team entered the Formula One Tacing Sport in the 1993 season, again with support from Mercedes.

Then from 1997 to 2005 Sauber started to use Ferrari engines, officially branded as Petronas.

The Sauber team's most successful season was 2001, when it finished fourth in the constructors' championship.

The BMW Sauber F1 Team was formed at the end of 2005 by the takeover of the existing Sauber Formula One team by BMW, the German luxury car manufacturer from Munich.

On November 27, 2009 it was announced that Peter Sauber would repurchase the team conditional upon the team receiving a FIA entry for the 2010 season. On December 3, 2009, the FIA confirmed that Sauber had been granted the entry vacated by Toyota Racing following their withdrawal and would be using Ferrari engines. Peter Sauber had previously announced, on November 29, that the team's chassis for the 2010 season would be designated Sauber C29, while the Swiss newspaper Blick reported that the team will be called Team Sauber F1. However in January 2010, Peter Sauber has said that he has not yet applied for a change of name, so therefore they remain for now as BMW Sauber F1 Team despite zero BMW components