Sauber F1 Statistics, Seasons & Drivers

Licensed in:	Switzerland (1993-2005, 2011-18) Germany (2006-10) as BMW Sauber
Race debut:	1993 South African Grand Prix
Last race:	2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Year(s) active:	1993-2018
Best championship result (constructor):	2nd (2007)
Best championship result (driver):	4th (2008) – Robert Kubica

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Overall statistics

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

Constructors’ championships:	0
Drivers’ championships:	0
Reached Q3:	149
Q2 eliminations:	198
Q1 eliminations:	146
Did not start:	15
Did not qualify:	0
Did not pre-qualify:	0
Retirements:	280
Races with a DNF:	225	48.7%
Not classified:	0
Disqualified:	5
Best start:	1st	x1
Best result:	1st	x1

Season statistics

Year	Engine	Drivers	RE	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	FR	DNF	Q3	BS	BR	PF	PTS	WC
1993	Sauber	Karl Wendlinger (16) 12th JJ Lehto (16) 13th	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	20	–	5	4	6	12	7th
1994	Mercedes	Heinz-Harald Frentzen (16) 13th Andrea de Cesaris (9) 20th Karl Wendlinger (4) 19th JJ Lehto (2) 25th	16	15	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	3	4	7	12	8th
1995	Ford Cosworth	Heinz-Harald Frentzen (17) 9th Jean-Christophe Boullion (11) 16th Karl Wendlinger (6)	17	17	–	1	–	–	–	14	–	5	3	10	18	7th
1996	Ford Cosworth	Heinz-Harald Frentzen (16) 12th Johnny Herbert (16) 14th	16	16	–	1	–	–	–	18	–	7	3	4	11	7th
1997	Petronas	Johnny Herbert (17) 10th Gianni Morbidelli (8) Nicola Larini (5) 19th Norberto Fontana (4)	17	17	–	1	–	–	–	10	–	7	3	7	16	7th
1998	Petronas	Jean Alesi (16) 11th Johnny Herbert (16) 15th	16	16	–	1	–	–	1	14	–	2	3	5	10	6th
1999	Petronas	Pedro Diniz (16) 14th Jean Alesi (16) 16th	16	16	–	–	–	–	1	21	–	2	6	5	5	8th
2000	Petronas	Mika Salo (17) 11th Pedro Diniz (17)	17	16	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	9	5	4	6	8th
2001	Petronas	Nick Heidfeld (17) 8th Kimi Raikkonen (17) 10th	17	17	–	1	–	–	–	12	–	6	3	11	21	4th
2002	Petronas	Nick Heidfeld (17) 10th Felipe Massa (16) 13th Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1) 18th	17	17	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	5	4	7	11	5th
2003	Petronas	Heinz-Harald Frentzen (16) 11th Nick Heidfeld (16) 14th	16	16	–	1	–	–	–	11	–	4	3	6	19	6th
2004	Petronas	Giancarlo Fisichella (18) 11th Felipe Massa (18) 12th	18	18	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	4	4	14	34	6th
2005	Petronas	Felipe Massa (19) 13th Jacques Villeneuve (19) 14th	19	18	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	4	4	7	20	8th
2006	BMW	Nick Heidfeld (18) 9th Jacques Villeneuve (12) 15th Robert Kubica (6) 16th	18	18	–	2	–	–	–	8	19	3	3	15	36	5th
2007	BMW	Nick Heidfeld (17) 5th Robert Kubica (16) 6th Sebastian Vettel (1) 14th	17	17	–	2	–	–	1	6	34	2	2	26	101	2nd
2008	BMW	Robert Kubica (18) 4th Nick Heidfeld (18) 6th	18	18	1	11	1	2	3	2	28	1	1	25	135	3rd
2009	BMW	Nick Heidfeld (17) 13th Robert Kubica (17) 14th	17	17	–	2	–	–	–	6	13	3	2	11	36	6th
2010	Ferrari	Kamui Kobayashi (19) 12th Pedro de la Rosa (14) 17th Nick Heidfeld (5) 18th	19	19	–	–	–	–	–	15	6	9	6	11	44	8th
2011	Ferrari	Kamui Kobayashi (19) 12th Sergio Perez (19) 16th Pedro de la Rosa (1) 20th	19	19	–	–	–	–	–	6	7	7	5	14	44	7th
2012	Ferrari	Sergio Perez (20) 10th Kamui Kobayashi (20) 12th	20	20	–	4	–	2	1	11	13	2	2	16	126	6th
2013	Ferrari	Nico Hulkenberg (19) 10th Esteban Gutierrez (19) 16th	19	19	–	–	–	1	–	5	12	3	4	11	57	7th
2014	Ferrari	Adrian Sutil (19) 18th Esteban Gutierrez (18) 20th	19	19	–	–	–	–	–	15	1	9	11	–	–	10th
2015	Ferrari	Felipe Nasr (19) 13th Marcus Ericsson (19) 18th	19	19	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	8	5	11	36	8th
2016	Ferrari	Felipe Nasr (21) 17th Marcus Ericsson (21) 22nd	21	21	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	14	9	1	2	10th
2017	Ferrari	Marcus Ericsson (20) 20th Pascal Wehrlein (19) 18th Antonio Giovinazzi (2) 22nd	20	20	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	11	8	2	5	10th
2018	Ferrari	Charles Leclerc (21) 13th Marcus Ericsson (21) 17th	21	21	–	–	–	–	–	10	11	6	6	16	48	8th

Table definitions

Drivers: (no. of race entries) championship position
RE: Race entries
RS: Race starts
W: Wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
FR: Front row starts
DNF: Did not finish
Q3: Reached Q3
BS: Best start
BR: Best result
PF: Point scoring finishes by drivers
PTS: World championship points scored
WC: World championship position

Grand Prix statistics

Grand Prix	RE	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	FR	DNF	Q3	BS	BR	PF	PTS
Abu Dhabi	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	5	5	4	19
Argentina	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	8	4	3	7
Australia	26	26	–	1	–	–	1	21	8	2	2	13	56
Austria	12	12	–	–	–	–	1	5	1	2	4	5	8
Azerbaijan	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	6	2	9
Bahrain	14	14	–	1	1	–	1	7	6	1	3	6	23
Belgium	24	24	–	2	–	–	1	14	9	2	2	14	52
Brazil	26	25	–	2	–	–	–	19	9	4	2	13	42
Britain	26	26	–	1	–	–	–	13	9	5	2	14	43
Canada	25	25	1	4	–	–	1	20	4	2	1	14	69
China	15	15	–	–	–	1	–	6	10	3	5	12	25
Europe	20	20	–	1	–	–	–	11	7	3	3	11	27
France	17	17	–	–	–	–	1	9	4	2	4	9	21
Germany	23	23	–	–	–	1	–	16	3	7	4	11	38
Hungary	26	26	–	3	–	–	1	16	6	2	3	12	35
India	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	7	10	1	1
Italy	26	26	–	4	–	–	–	16	8	3	2	16	71
Japan	26	26	–	2	–	–	–	11	9	3	2	15	62
Luxembourg	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	11	7	–	–
Malaysia	19	19	–	3	–	1	–	14	9	4	2	12	55
Mexico	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	9	7	2	8
Monaco	26	25	–	2	–	1	–	24	4	5	2	11	43
Pacific	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	8	5	1	2
Portugal	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	5	5	2	3
Russia	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	7	6	2	14
San Marino	14	14	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	5	4	7	15
Singapore	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	4	6	7	11
South Africa	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	6	5	1	2
South Korea	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	7	4	3	18
Spain	26	26	–	–	–	1	–	13	9	4	4	15	44
Turkey	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	5	4	7	19
USA	15	14	–	1	–	–	–	11	8	4	3	7	23

Table definitions

RE: Race entries
RS: Race starts
W: Wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
FR: Front row starts
DNF: Did not finish
Q3: Reached Q3
BS: Best start
BR: Best result
PF: Point scoring finishes by drivers
PTS: World championship points scored by drivers

Circuit statistics

Circuit	RE	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	FR	DNF	Q3	BS	BR	PF	PTS
Adelaide	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	6	7	–	–
Aida	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	8	5	1	2
Austin	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	4	6	3	11
Baku	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	6	2	9
Buddh	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	7	10	1	1
Buenos Aires	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	8	4	3	7
Catalunya	26	26	–	–	–	1	–	13	9	4	4	15	44
Donington	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	5	–	–	–
Estoril	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	5	5	2	3
Fuji	2	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	3	5	2	2	10
Hockenheim	20	20	–	–	–	1	–	16	2	7	4	9	35
Hungaroring	26	26	–	3	–	–	1	16	6	2	3	12	35
Imola	14	14	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	5	4	7	15
Indianapolis	8	7	–	1	–	–	–	7	4	5	3	4	12
Interlagos	26	25	–	2	–	–	–	19	9	4	2	13	42
Istanbul	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	5	4	7	19
Jerez	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	4	6	1	1
Kyalami	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	6	5	1	2
Le Castellet	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	10	1	1
Magny-Cours	16	16	–	–	–	–	1	9	3	2	4	8	20
Marina Bay	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	4	6	7	11
Melbourne	23	23	–	1	–	–	1	17	8	2	2	13	56
Mexico City	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	9	7	2	8
Monte Carlo	26	25	–	2	–	1	–	24	4	5	2	11	43
Montreal	25	25	1	4	–	–	1	20	4	2	1	14	69
Monza	26	26	–	4	–	–	–	16	8	3	2	16	71
Nurburgring	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	8	4	4	6	8	14
Sakhir	14	14	–	1	1	–	1	7	6	1	3	6	23
Sepang	19	19	–	3	–	1	–	14	9	4	2	12	55
Shanghai	15	15	–	–	–	1	–	6	10	3	5	12	25
Silverstone	26	26	–	1	–	–	–	13	9	5	2	14	43
Sochi	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	7	6	2	14
Spa-Francorchamps	24	24	–	2	–	–	1	14	9	2	2	14	52
Spielberg	12	12	–	–	–	–	1	5	1	2	4	5	8
Suzuka	24	24	–	1	–	–	–	10	6	3	3	13	52
Valencia	5	5	–	1	–	–	–	1	4	3	3	4	15
Yas Marina	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	5	5	4	19
Yeongam	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	7	4	3	18

Table definitions

RE: Race entries
RS: Race starts
W: Wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
FR: Front row starts
DNF: Did not finish
Q3: Reached Q3
BS: Best start
BR: Best result
PF: Point scoring finishes by drivers
PTS: World championship points scored by drivers

Driver statistics

Race drivers

Driver	Year(s)	RE	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	FR	DNF	Q3	BS	BR	PF	PTS
Jean Alesi	1998-99	32	32	–	1	–	–	2	14	–	2	3	6	11
Jean-Christophe Boullion	1995	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	13	5	2	3
Andrea de Cesaris	1994	9	9	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	8	6	1	1
Pedro de la Rosa	2010-11	15	14	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	9	7	1	6
Pedro Diniz	1999-2000	33	32	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	9	6	3	3
Marcus Ericsson	2015-18	81	81	–	–	–	–	–	19	6	6	8	11	18
Giancarlo Fisichella	2004	18	18	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	5	4	9	22
Norberto Fontana	1997	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	18	9	–	–
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1994-96, 2002-03	66	64	–	2	–	–	–	30	–	3	3	18	42
Antonio Giovinazzi	2017	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	16	12	–	–
Esteban Gutierrez	2013	38	38	–	–	–	1	–	10	3	8	7	1	6
Nick Heidfeld	2001-03, 2006-10	125	125	–	9	–	2	1	23	44	2	2	57	194
Johnny Herbert	1996-98	49	49	–	2	–	–	–	23	–	5	3	8	20
Nico Hulkenberg	2013	19	18	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	3	4	10	51
Kamui Kobayashi	2010-12	58	58	–	1	–	1	1	16	14	2	3	26	122
Robert Kubica	2007-09	57	57	1	9	1	–	3	9	45	1	1	31	137
Nicola Larini	1997	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	11	6	1	1
Charles Leclerc	2018	21	21	–	–	–	–	–	6	8	7	6	10	39
JJ Lehto	1993-94	18	18	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	6	4	2	5
Felipe Massa	2002, 2004-05	53	52	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	4	4	12	27
Gianni Morbidelli	1997	8	7	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	13	9	–	–
Felipe Nasr	2015-16	40	39	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	8	5	7	29
Sergio Perez	2011-12	39	37	–	3	–	1	–	9	10	4	2	12	80
Kimi Raikkonen	2001	17	16	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	7	4	4	9
Mika Salo	2000	17	16	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	9	5	4	6
Adrian Sutil	2014	19	19	–	–	–	–	–	8	1	9	11	–	–
Sebastian Vettel	2007	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	8	1	1
Jacques Villeneuve	2005-06	31	30	–	–	–	–	–	8	4	4	4	7	16
Pascal Wehrlein	2017	19	18	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	12	8	2	5
Karl Wendlinger	1993-95	26	25	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	5	4	6	11

Table definitions

RE: Race entries
RS: Race starts
W: Wins
PD: Podium finishes
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
PTS: Points

Free practice drivers

Driver	Year(s)	Appearances
Adderly Fong	2014	1
Antonio Giovinazzi	2018	6
Esteban Gutierrez	2012	1
Robert Kubica	2006	12
Charles Leclerc	2017	4
Raffaele Marciello	2015	4
Sergey Sirotkin	2014	1
Giedo van der Garde	2014	7
Sebastian Vettel	2006-07	7