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Tuesday, February 27
Preview: Sauber
Reuters

LONDON -- Following are facts and figures about the Sauber team heading into the 2001 Formula One season:

2001 Outlook

The youngest and least experienced line-up coupled with Ferrari 2000 specification engines could produce some interesting results. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, under close official scrutiny for the opening races, is 21 and has just 23 single-seater races to his credit but has been fast in testing. So too has German Nick Heidfeld, 23, who has yet to score in Formula One after 16 pointless races with Prost.

Based: Hinwil, Switzerland.

Team principal: Peter Sauber

Drivers:
Nick Heidfeld (Germany), 23 (May 10, 1977)
Kimi Raikkonen (Finland), 21 (October 17, 1979)

Test driver: to be announced

Car: Sauber C20, powered by Petronas 01A (based on Ferrari's 2000 specification V10 engine).
Tires: Bridgestone.
Technical director: Willy Rampf.

Formula One record:
Grand Prix: 129, poles 0, wins 0.
First GP entered: South Africa 1993.

2000 season (Mika Salo/Pedro Diniz) - Eighth, six points. no wins. fifth place x2, sixth x2, seventh x3, eighth x4, ninth x2, 10th x5, 11th x4, 19th x1, retired x 8, did not start x2 (Brazil), disqualified x1.

Team history
1977 - First Sauber car entered into Le Mans 24 Hours race.
1988 - Sauber joins up with Mercedes to race in sportscars. Drivers include Michael Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger.
1989 - Sauber wins Le Mans.
1993 - Formula One debut with Ilmor engines
1994 - Mercedes provide engines
1995 - Sauber link up with Ford.
1997 - Technical co-operation agreement with Ferrari.

Season by season (year, standing, points, drivers):
1993 - sixth equal, 12 (Karl Wendlinger/JJ Lehto)
1994 - eighth, 12 (Wendlinger/Heinz-Harald Frentzen/Andrea de Cesaris/JJ Lehto)
1995 - seventh, 18 (Wendlinger/Frentzen/Jean-Christophe Bouillion)
1996 - seventh, 11 (Frentzen/Johnny Herbert)
1997 - seventh, 16 Herbert/Nicola Larini/Gianni Morbidelli/Norberto Fontana)
1998 - sixth, 10 (Herbert/Jean Alesi)
1999 - eighth, five (Alesi/Pedro Diniz).

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