2024 Formula One World Championship
The 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and is the 75th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is contested over a record twenty-four Grands Prix held around the world. It began in March and will end in December.
Image: Max Verstappen 2017 Malaysia 1
Image: Sergio Perez in the RB20
Image: Ollie Bearman Austria 2022
Image: Formula 1Gabelhofen 2022 (04) (cropped)
Sauber Motorsport AG is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993. Sauber operated under their own name from 1993 until 2005 and from 2011 until 2018. They were known as BMW Sauber from 2006 to 2010 and as Alfa Romeo from 2019 to 2023 in partnership deals with BMW and Alfa Romeo respectively. Sauber returned in 2024 as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and is set to be the Audi works team from 2026 onwards, with the German outfit planning to acquire the Swiss team.
Team Sauber-Mercedes achieved victory at the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Sauber-Mercedes C9.
The Sauber team's first Formula One car, the Sauber C12
Frentzen driving for Sauber at the 1995 British Grand Prix
Jacques Villeneuve driving for the Sauber team at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix
