Sauber F1 stats
Constructor info
Licensed in
Switzerland (1993-2005, 2011-18)- Germany (2006-10) as BMW Sauber
Switzerland 
Germany Race debut
Last race
Year(s) active
1993-2018
Best championship finish (constructor)
2nd (2007)
Best championship finish (driver)
4th 
Robert Kubica (2008)
F1 stats
A detailed look at Sauber’s F1 stats.
| Grand Prix entries | 465 | |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix starts | 462 | |
| Wins | 1 | 0.2% |
| Race 1-2 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Podiums | 27 | |
| Races with a podium | 26 | 5.6% |
| Pole positions | 1 | 0.2% |
| Qualifying 1-2 | 0 | |
| Fastest laps | 5 | 1.1% |
| Points | 865 | 1.87 pts p/r |
| Driver points finishes | 252 | |
| Races scored points | 208 | 45.0% |
| Front row starts | 7 | |
| Races with front row start | 7 | 1.5% |
| Times led Constructors’ championship | 1 | |
| Times led Drivers’ championship | 1 |
| Best start | 1st | x1 |
|---|---|---|
| Best finish | 1st | x1 |
| Constructors’ championships | 0 | |
| Drivers’ championships | 0 | |
| Reached Q3 | 149 | |
| Q2 eliminations | 198 | |
| Q1 eliminations | 146 | |
| Did not start | 15 | |
| Did not qualify | 0 | |
| Retirements | 280 | |
| Races with a DNF | 225 | 48.7% |
| Not classified | 0 | |
| Disqualified | 5 | |
| No. of events | 32 | |
| No. of circuits | 38 | |
| No. of drivers | 34 |
Stats by season
A look at Sauber’s F1 stats by season.
| Year | Engine | Drivers | RE | RS | W | PD | PP | FL | FR | DNF | Q3 | BS | BR | PF | PTS | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sauber |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7th |
| 1994 | Mercedes |
| 16 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8th |
| 1995 | Ford Cosworth |
| 17 | 17 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 14 | – | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 7th |
| 1996 | Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | 16 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 18 | – | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7th |
| 1997 | Petronas |
| 17 | 17 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | – | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 7th |
| 1998 | Petronas |
| 16 | 16 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 14 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6th |
| 1999 | Petronas |
| 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 21 | – | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8th |
| 2000 | Petronas |
| 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8th |
| 2001 | Petronas |
| 17 | 17 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | – | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 4th |
| 2002 | Petronas |
| 17 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5th |
| 2003 | Petronas |
| 16 | 16 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | – | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 6th |
| 2004 | Petronas |
| 18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 6th |
| 2005 | Petronas |
| 19 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 8th |
| 2006 | BMW |
| 18 | 18 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 5th |
| 2007 | BMW |
| 17 | 17 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 101 | 2nd |
| 2008 | BMW |
| 18 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 135 | 3rd |
| 2009 | BMW |
| 17 | 17 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 6th |
| 2010 | Ferrari |
| 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 8th |
| 2011 | Ferrari |
| 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 7th |
| 2012 | Ferrari |
| 20 | 20 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 126 | 6th |
| 2013 | Ferrari |
| 19 | 19 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 57 | 7th |
| 2014 | Ferrari |
| 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 9 | 11 | – | – | 10th |
| 2015 | Ferrari |
| 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 8th |
| 2016 | Ferrari |
| 21 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10th |
| 2017 | Ferrari |
| 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10th |
| 2018 | Ferrari |
| 21 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 8th |
Karl Wendlinger (16) 12th
JJ Lehto (16) 13th
Andrea de Cesaris (9) 20th
Jean-Christophe Boullion (11) 16th
Johnny Herbert (16) 14th
Norberto Fontana (4)
Pedro Diniz (16) 14th
Jacques Villeneuve (19) 14th
Kamui Kobayashi (19) 12th
Pedro de la Rosa (14) 17th
Sergio Perez (19) 16th
Marcus Ericsson (19) 18th
Charles Leclerc (21) 13thTable definitions
Click column headers to sort
- Drivers: (race entries) championship position
- RE: Race entries
- RS: Race starts
- W: Wins
- PD: Podiums
- PP: Pole positions
- FL: Fastest laps
- FR: Front row starts
- DNF: Did not finish
- Q3: Reached Q3 (applicable from 2006)
- BS: Best start
- BR: Best result
- PF: Points finishes by drivers
- PTS: Points
- WC: World Championship