Sauber C17
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| Category | Formula One |
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| Constructor | Sauber |
| Team/s | Red Bull Sauber Petronas |
| Designer | Leo Ress |
| Drivers | 14. Jean Alesi 15. Johnny Herbert |
| Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure |
| Suspension (front) | double wishbones, pushrod, inboard spring/damper unit |
| Suspension (rear) | double wishbones, pushrod, inboard spring/damper unit |
| Engine | Petronas SPE01D (Ferrari), 75-degree V10 |
| Gearbox | Sauber six-speed longitudinal semi-automatic |
| Fuel | Shell |
| Tyres | Goodyear |
| Debut | 1998 Australian Grand Prix |
| Races competed | 16 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
The Sauber C17 was the car with which the Sauber Formula One team used to compete in the 1998 Formula One season. It was driven by Jean Alesi, who joined from Benetton, and Johnny Herbert, who was in his third season with the team after an impressive 1997 season.
1998 confirmed Sauber's position as a respectable midfield runner unable to make the final breakthrough needed to become a top team. The team's package was quick and reliable, but not quite enough to regularly score points. Indeed, Alesi and Herbert finished just outside the points, in seventh, no less than five times. The highlight of the year was Alesi's run to third at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix to score the team's third podium since their F1 début in 1993. This capped an encouraging season for the Frenchman, who was duly kept on for another year. Herbert, despite a points finish in the first race of the season, lost his motivation after a sequence of bad luck and narrowly missing out on further points. He decided to move to Stewart for 1999, and would be replaced by Pedro Diniz.
The team eventually finished sixth in the Constructors' Championship with ten points. This was their best WCC position so far, but there was still some way to go to take on the likes of Ferrari and McLaren.
[edit] Complete Formula One Results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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| 1998 | Sauber | Petronas V10 | G | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | LUX | JPN | 10 | 6th | |
| Jean Alesi | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | ||||||
| Johnny Herbert | 6 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 |
[edit] References
- AUTOCOURSE 1998-99, Henry, Alan (ed.), Hazleton Publishing Ltd. (1998) ISBN 1-874557-43-8
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