BMW Sauber C29 in Valencia Fresh start! Hinwil/Valencia, 31st January 2010. Today, Sunday, on the eve of the start of the official Formula One test drives, the BMW Sauber F1 Team rolls out its Ferrari-engined C29 at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste near Valencia, Spain. The BMW Sauber F1 Team will line up lean and hungry for the start of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship. Sixth place in last years constructors standings will serve as a starting point for the new season. The teams aim is to establish itself at this level despite a lower budget and reduction in manpower. This demands creative thinking and an increased level of efficiency. Drivers Kamui Kobayashi (23) and Pedro de la Rosa (38) will bring to the team a blend of youth and experience. Japans Kobayashi made his case with strong performances in two Grands Prix in 2009 and has already recorded his first World Championship points. De la Rosa has 71 Grands Prix under his belt and has earned his place in the statistics for podium finishes and setting fastest race laps. Plus, he also brings with him valuable experience from seven years as a test and reserve driver with a leading team. The last few months have been very intense for us, says team boss and owner Peter Sauber. First we had to battle to secure the survival of the team and then we focused on putting a strong set-up in place for the future. The technical preparation of the 2010 car has continued uninterrupted and according to plan since the …
May 25th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
@SabuPtolemy
BMW blame everybody for their faults. They blamed Willaims for not producing a good enough car to be champion with in 2003 and the blamed Peter Sauber for his team too.
May 25th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
sauber has the nicest wheels
May 25th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
@OMGz1122 they have to wait for permission from FIA to change the name of the team
May 25th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
vamos PEDRO vamos KOBA !!!
May 25th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Because Sauber is due millions of dollars in FON money if they keep BMW in the name for now. This is simply a business move and has nothing to do with any misplaced love for BMW.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
@SabuPtolemy That cars gonna be the dark horse for this year.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
because the name isn’t changed yet^^
Remember Jaguar had also Cosworth Motors;-)
May 25th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Pedro MartÃnez de la Rosa Handsome!
May 25th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
if this car is ferrari powered, how come the name is still BMW sauber?
May 25th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
ohh mi goood
May 25th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
oh mi god ! i’m englishmen! ooo nooo!
May 25th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Redjr191, have you seen the other cars for the season? Compared to 2008, all cars look awful. This is however one of the better looking for the 2010 season.
I hope that damn Eccelstone recovers his lost brain so he can stop fucking things up in F1.
May 25th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I actually agree – it looks like a bullet.
With the exception of the McLaren, the other cars look like cardboard boxes. Due to the rule-changes, this is going to be the worst season for aesthetics ever! Hope the performance makes up for the loss in eye-candy.
May 25th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
y dose werid wheels? i no 2010 has no wheels cover..bt stil…are dose legal?
May 26th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Best of luck to Peter Sauber and his team!
They went thru hell and back because of BMW’s absolutely inexcusable asshole behavior once they decided to bail on F1.
Kamui is a great young talent and Pedro’s experience will hopefully help the team to be fast right off the bat.
May 26th, 2010 at 12:41 am
the most beautiful car in the season
May 26th, 2010 at 1:05 am
I like it
May 26th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Agreed about kobayashi..but it was actually nick heidfield who was the most consistant points scorer. Actually Nick has been the most consistant point scoring GP driver throughout the grid for many years..this was officially announced.
May 26th, 2010 at 2:02 am
The car looks ok until u get 2 the rear half. It looks like a stretched limo, & those wheels/alloys look crap. but even more dissapointing is Peter Sauber chose Pedro as a driver!! Wheres the sense in that? Pedro is not a GP racer hes a tester. Hes always crap in GPs: he causes 2 many accidents. Kobayashi is a good gamble, peter shouldve kept experienced nick. but now sauber have 2 very inexperienced drivers. Pedros gonna be a headache you’ll see. he even caused a crash in the valencia test!!
May 26th, 2010 at 2:48 am
the car looks terrible. Someone tell me why there are no sponceres on the car? I feel bad for Kobayashi. I was hoping he would get a sweet looking car and performing car.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:17 am
miedito??? cuidado con Schumi, Brawn y Mercedes.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:19 am
bull shit bmw.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:58 am
cause they don’t have permission from fia to change the name
May 26th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Why is this team still called BMW Sauber? BMW left F1. It is Sauber, with an Ferrari engine..
May 26th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Petronas = Schumacher = traidor