BMW Sauber F1.06

BMW Sauber F1.06

The BMW Sauber F1.06 at the US Grand Prix
Constructor:	BMW clean
Designer:	Willy Rampf
Predecessor:	Clean C24
Successor:	BMW Sauber F1.07
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Carbon fiber monocoque
Engine:	BMW P86 2.4 V8
Length:	4610 mm
Width:	1800 mm
Height:	1000 mm
Tires:	Michelin
Petrol:	Petronas
statistics
Driver:	16. Nick Heidfeld 17. Jacques Villeneuve 17. Robert Kubica
First start:	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last start:	2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 18th - - -
World Cup points:	36
Podiums:	2
Leadership laps:	5 over 28.965 km
Status: end of the 2006 season

The BMW Sauber F1.06 was the first Formula 1 race car of 2006 from Sauber Motorsport emerged teams BMW Sauber F1 .

background

On January 1, 2006, BMW took over the majority of the former Formula 1 team from Peter Sauber and founded its own works team. The name Sauber was left in the team name. The Hinwil location of the former Sauber team was also retained and most of the Sauber team was taken over. Peter Sauber stayed with the team as a consultant. After the 2005 season, BMW separated from its previous partner Williams and continued its Formula 1 involvement with its own team.

History and technology

BMW Sauber P86

The 2006 season was seen as a transition year after the takeover by BMW. The car was pleasantly surprising because of its competitiveness. The BMW Sauber F1.06 was a contender for points throughout the season.

BMW Sauber continued to develop the car throughout the year. Designer Willy Rampf offered the pilots improvements in the aerodynamics area in almost every race . The 2.4 liter V8 engine (model P86) weighed 95 kg. At 19,500 min ^-1 , the aggregate approximately 559 kW (760 hp). The semi-automatic seven-speed transmission was made by the team itself.

Livery and sponsors

BMW Sauber competed in the 2006 season with the main sponsors of the former Sauber team, Credit Suisse and Petronas . There were also new sponsors such as Intel , O2 and Dell . The entire team design was geared towards BMW in its traditional colors blue and white.

driver

The car was driven by Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve . After the German Grand Prix , the differences between the team and Villeneuve became too great, so they split up and signed Robert Kubica as a driver.

Results

In the first year as BMW Sauber, the team achieved fifth place in the constructors' championship with 36 points.

The best results were two podiums. Heidfeld finished third at the Hungarian Grand Prix , while Kubica achieved the same placement at the Italian Grand Prix .

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
Formula 1 World Championship 2006																				36	5.
Nick Heidfeld	16	12	DNF	4th	13	10	8th	7th	7th	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	3	14th	8th	7th	8th	17 *
Jacques Villeneuve	17th	DNF	7th	6th	12	8th	12	14th	8th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF
Robert Kubica														DSQ	12	3	13	9	9

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : BMW Sauber F1.06  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ statsf1.com: BMW , August 30, 2014
2. ↑ statsf1.com: 2006 , August 30, 2014