Sauber Junior Team

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The Sauber Junior Team is an initiative by Sauber Motorsport to help nurture talent from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team.

In November 2018, Sauber entered a partnership with Czech team Charouz Racing System to form the Sauber Junior Team, followed by the creation of a karting team in March 2019.[1][2] After 2019 Sauber parted ways with Charouz and currently runs two drivers in its single seaters junior team.[3][4] Sauber's Karting Team, aligned with Kart Republic, currently entails eight drivers.

Current drivers[]

Driver Years Current series Titles achieved as Sauber Junior Team member
France Théo Pourchaire[5] 2019– TBA ADAC Formula 4
Singapore Christian Ho[6] 2019– TBA none as Sauber Junior Team member
Brazil Miguel Costa[7] 2020– TBA none as Sauber Junior Team member
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.[8] 2020– TBA none as Sauber Junior Team member
Singapore Tiziano Monza[9] 2020– TBA none as Sauber Junior Team member
Poland Gustaw Wiśniewski[10] 2021– TBA none as Sauber Junior Team member
United States Juan Manuel Correa[11] 2019, 2021– FIA Formula 3 Championship none as Sauber Junior Team member

Former drivers[]

Driver Years Series that driver competed as Sauber Junior
United Kingdom Callum Ilott[note 1] 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
Germany Lirim Zendeli 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Switzerland Fabio Scherer 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
South Africa Raoul Hyman 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Monaco Arthur Leclerc 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Czech Republic Roman Staněk 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2019)
France 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2019)
South Africa Stuart White 2019 French F4 Championship (2019)
Switzerland Joshua Dufek 2019 Karting (2019)
Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup (2020)
United Kingdom Harry Thompson[12] 2020 Karting (2020)
Poland Piotr Czaja 2020 Karting (2020)
United Kingdom Dexter Patterson[13] 2019–21 Karting (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2020)
United States [14] 2020-21 CIK-FIA European Championship - OKJ ()
United Kingdom Sonny Smith[15] 2021 Karting (OKJ)
Poland Maciej Gładysz[10] 2021 Karting (OKJ)

Notes[]

  1. ^ In 2019 Ilott was part of both the Sauber Junior Team and the Ferrari Driver Academy.

References[]

  1. ^ "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Scott (29 March 2019). "Sauber launches kart team with ex-Rosberg/Hamilton boss". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. ^ Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ Wood, Elliot (29 January 2020). "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ^ Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Christian Ho - OKJ Driver". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Sauber junior Emmo Fittipaldi to make car racing debut in Danish F4". 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Tiziano Monza - Mini Driver". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Sauber's karting team welcomes Maciej Gladysz and Gustaw Wisniewski". 2 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Comeback to greater things: Juan Manuel Correa joins Sauber Academy". Sauber Group. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (26 October 2021). "Patterson reunites with Monolite for second FREC appearance at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  14. ^ Scout, Formula (22 July 2021). "Five young drivers Alfa Romeo should support in its Stellantis era". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  15. ^ "New F1 juniors join grid for 2021 karting season opener in Italy". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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