The Mercedes-Benz FO engine series (badged as a ''Sauber'' engine in 1993) is a family of naturally-aspirated V8 and

V10 A V10 engine is a ten-cylinder piston engine where two banks of five cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V10 engines are much less common than V8 and V12 engines. Several V10 diesel engines have been pr ...

racing engines, designed, developed and produced by Mercedes, in partnership and collaboration with

Ilmor Ilmor is a British independent high-performance motor racing engineering company. It was founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in November 1983. With manufacturing based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and maintenance offices in Plymouth, Mi ...

, for

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

, and used between and . Over years of development, engine power managed to increase, from 690 @ 15,600 rpm, to later 930 hp @ 19,000 rpm. The customer engines were used by

Sauber Sauber Motorsport AG is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in . After operating it un ...

, McLaren, Brawn Grand Prix, and Force India.

List of Formula One engines

Applications

Sauber C12 The Sauber C12 was the car with which the Sauber Formula One team made its FIA Formula One World Championship debut in 1993. Its design was led by Leo Ress. Engine Power was provided by a Sauber-branded 3.5-litre V10 built by Ilmor in partner ...

Sauber C13 The Sauber C13 was a Formula One car. It was designed by André de Cortanze and Leo Ress for use by the Sauber Team in the 1994 Formula One season. The car was powered by an Ilmor 3.5L V10 engine badged as a Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines, M ...

* McLaren MP4/10 * McLaren MP4/11 *

McLaren MP4/12 The McLaren MP4/12 was the Formula One car with which the McLaren team competed in the 1997 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Steve Nichols, Neil Oatley and Henri Durand with Mario Illien designing the bespoke Ilmo ...

McLaren MP4/13 The McLaren MP4/13 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 1998 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey, Steve Nichols, Neil Oatley and Henri Durand, with Mario Illien designing the bespoke I ...

McLaren MP4/14 The McLaren MP4/14 was a Formula One car built and designed by the McLaren- Mercedes team to compete in the 1999 Formula One World Championship. Designed primarily by Neil Oatley and Henri Durand under the direction of Adrian Newey, Mario Illie ...

McLaren MP4/15 The McLaren MP4/15 was a Formula One car used by the McLaren- Mercedes team in the 2000 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey, Steve Nichols, Neil Oatley and Henri Durand with Mario Illien designing the be ...

* McLaren MP4-16 *

McLaren MP4-17 The McLaren MP4-17 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the and Formula One World Championships. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey, Mike Coughlan, Neil Oatley and Peter Prodromou with Mario Illien designing the bespo ...

McLaren MP4-18 The McLaren MP4-18 (sometimes stylised as MP4/18) is a Formula One car which was built with the intention to compete in the 2003 Formula One season. The car, designed by Adrian Newey, Mike Coughlan, and Neil Oatley, was a radical new design tha ...

McLaren MP4-19 The McLaren MP4-19 is a Formula One racing car that was built by McLaren for the 2004 season. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey, Paddy Lowe, Pat Fry, Mike Coughlan and Peter Prodromou with Mario Illien designing the bespoke Ilmor e ...

McLaren MP4-20 The McLaren MP4-20 is a Formula One racing car that was built by McLaren for the 2005 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey, Paddy Lowe, Pat Fry, Mike Coughlan and Peter Prodromou with Mario Illien designing the bespok ...

* McLaren MP4-21 * McLaren MP4-22 *

McLaren MP4-23 The McLaren MP4-23 was a Formula One racing car that was constructed by the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team to compete in the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Tim Goss, Andrew Bailey an ...

* McLaren MP4-24 * McLaren MP4-25 *

McLaren MP4-26 The McLaren MP4-26 was a Formula One racing car designed by McLaren for the 2011 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Tim Goss, Andrew Bailey and John Iley and was powered by a customer Mercedes-Benz engin ...

* McLaren MP4-27 * McLaren MP4-28 *

Brawn BGP 001 The Brawn BGP 001 (originally known as the Honda RA109) is a Formula One world championship winning racing car, the design of which was started by Honda Racing, and completed and then built by the team after it was renamed to Brawn GP. It was t ...

Force India VJM02 The Force India VJM02 was Force India's Formula One car for the 2009 Formula One season. It was revealed in a low-key press event, after the car's first test at the Silverstone Circuit, on February 28, 2009, before a public test at the Circuito ...

* Force India VJM03 * Force India VJM04 * Force India VJM05 * Force India VJM06 * Mercedes MGP W01 *

Mercedes MGP W02 The Mercedes MGP W02 is a Formula One racing car, the second car designed and built by Mercedes Grand Prix after buying 2009 World Constructors' Champions Brawn GP. The car was driven by seven-time World Drivers' Champion Michael Schumacher and ...

* Mercedes F1 W03 *

Mercedes F1 W04 The Mercedes F1 W04 (originally known as the Mercedes AMG W04) is a Formula One racing car designed and built by the Mercedes team for use in the 2013 season. It was driven by 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who joined the team after Michae ...

Mercedes-Benz FO engine World Championship results

*2 World Constructors' Championships. *4 World Drivers' Championships. *87 race wins. *76

pole positions In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the rac ...

. *260 podium finishes.

References

{{reflist FO Formula One engines Engines by model Gasoline engines by model V10 engines V8 engines