Sauber C1
ConstructorSauber Motorsport
SuccessorSauber C2
Technical specifications
Competition history

The Sauber C1 was the first racing car that the Swiss Peter Sauber designed and built in 1970 at the age of 26 in his parents' basement in Zurich.[1][2][3]

Development

Peter Sauber chose the designation C1 after the first letter of his wife Christiane's first name and kept it for the racing car series that followed later. The self-constructed chassis made of a tubular space frame with double triangular wishbones, stabilizers, telescopic and gas pressure shock absorbers was supplemented by Brabham parts. The C1 was powered by an 85 kW (115 hp) 1 L (61 cu in) 4-cylinder Cosworth engine with dry-sump lubrication.[4][5]

Peter Sauber raced the car himself for Sauber Motorsport and won the 1970 Swiss Sports Car Championship. In 1974 Friedrich Hürzeler became champion with the C1 sports car. Only two examples of the C1 were produced. They raced under different drivers in international competitions until 1983.[6]

In 1971 the Sauber C2 followed with a 1,600 cc (98 cu in) four-cylinder engine.[7][8]

In 2013, a C1 took part in the historic mountain race for the International Edelweiß Bergpreis Roßfeld in Berchtesgaden.[9]

References

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  2. ^ "History and Heritage". Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  3. ^ "Peter Sauber biography". www.historicracing.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  4. ^ "Sauber C1 results". Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ Shah, Kunal (June 29, 2020). "Peter Sauber Interview On 50 Years In Motorsport". Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  6. ^ Engineering, Racecar (July 19, 2010). "40 years of Sauber Motorsport". Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Verkaufsinserat: Sauber C2 (1971) - Rennwagen Sauber C2 Sportprototyp | Zwischengas". May 18, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.
  8. ^ "Sauber's half centenary". May 11, 2020. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  9. ^ The Fastest Show on Earth: The Mammoth Book of Formula 1. Little, Brown Book Group. September 3, 2015. ISBN 9781472110527. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022 – via Google Books.
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