The Sauber C29 was a
Formula One
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racing car which was used by the
BMW Sauber F1 Team in the
2010 Formula One season
The 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 64th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a 1–2 finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Dri ...
. It was unveiled on January 31, at
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
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in
Valencia
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.
The chassis was designed by
Willy Rampf
Willy Rampf (born 20 June 1953) is a German car engineer who is currently a technical consultant for Williams Racing and was the former technical director of the Sauber Formula One team.
Career
Rampf was born in Maria Thalheim, studied Automo ...
, Christoph Zimmermann,
Pierre Waché and Seamus Mullarkey with the car being powered with a customer
Ferrari engine.
With a lack of main sponsors, the C29 sported the team's colours and the drivers' names and flags during its launch and first test. In the third test session they moved the names and wrote the message "See you in Bahrain March 12–14" on the car's engine cover.
In
Australia, Sauber announced plans to run their car with an F-duct system, similar to the version used on the
McLaren MP4-25, in the free practice sessions.
2010 season
In the early part of the season, the car demonstrated very poor reliability and it was not until the seventh round of the year that the team scored a point with
Kamui Kobayashi
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taking 10th in
Turkey
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. In the second half of the year, the car gradually improved to a very respectable level and the team finished the season with 44 points, taking eighth in the Constructors' Championship.
Livery
In comparison to previous years, the C29 featured a plain livery that consisted of white, black and red. These are the team's actual colours, but because of sponsorship by
Red Bull and
BMW, the team had never run this scheme before. At the start of 2010, the car had no sponsors, only the driver's name and nationality on the bodywork. As the year progressed, the team gained sponsors, including
Burger King, スカルプ D Scalp D, TAKATA, Certina, BRIDESTONE, Onegai My Melody,
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC & Converse.
Complete Formula One results
(
key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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