Clean C18
 The Sauber C18 in the Sinsheim Museum |
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Leo Ress (technical director) Seamus Mullarkey (aerodynamics) |
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| Predecessor: | Clean C17 | ||||||||
| Successor: | Clean C19 | ||||||||
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| Chassis: | Pressed composite monocoque made of CFRP | ||||||||
| Engine: | Petronas ( Ferrari ) SPE-03A 2,998 cm³, 80 ° V10 naturally aspirated engine | ||||||||
| Wheelbase: | 2980 mm | ||||||||
| Weight: | 600 kg | ||||||||
| Tires: | Bridgestone | ||||||||
| Petrol: | Petronas | ||||||||
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| Driver: | 11. Jean Alesi 12. Pedro Diniz 
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| First start: | 1999 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1999 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | 5 | ||||||||
| Podiums: | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | - | ||||||||
The Sauber C18 was the 1999 used Formula 1 racing car of Red Bull Sauber Petronas in Hinwil . The C18 was designed by Leo Ress , who was the team's chief designer between 1985 and 2002.
Technology and development
The technical director for the development was Leo Ress , under him Seamus Mullarkey for the aerodynamic shape of the car. Compared to the previous year, the car contained only a small number of innovations.
The engine was the SPE-03A-V10 naturally aspirated engine from Petronas , a renamed Ferrari Tipo 047, with a displacement of 2998 cm³ and a cylinder bank angle of 80 °. It weighed around 120 kg and developed around 589 kW (790 hp) at 16,500 rpm. In qualifying mode, more than 597 kW (800 hp) could be achieved. The self-developed semi-automatic transmission had 7 gears.
The front and rear suspension were double wishbone axles with internal springs and shock absorbers , operated by push rods . The electronics were supplied by the Italian automotive supplier Magneti Marelli , the tires by Bridgestone and the fuel by the main sponsor Petronas .
Racing history
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The car was presented to the public in the Tinguely Museum in Basel in mid-January 1999 . When it was published, Alesi said that “the budget is very good, but that is greatly reduced when you have to rent engines.” He was referring to the expensive Ferrari engines, which are listed as Petronas SPE 03A, and about 30 Make up percent of the entire Sauber budget.
Overall, the 1999 season was far less successful for Sauber than the previous season. A podium reached the team for the first time since 1994 not, and the overall impact of both drivers five world championship points marked the hitherto worst result of the racing team ever. The main reasons for the bad season were the poor qualifying performance of both drivers and the lack of reliability of the C18. For example, Sauber retired a total of 20 times from 32 races, and none of the six races reached the finish line. The first finish was not reached until the third race in San Marino , where Jean Alesi reached sixth place and thus also the first world championship point of the season.
It was surprising that the experienced Alesi lost the team-internal duel against the Brazilian paydriver with two to three points. In the qualifying duels, however, Alesi was ahead and started from a better starting position than Diniz in twelve of the 16 races. As in the previous year, a second starting position was the best starting position for the team; Alesi benefited from the bad weather conditions during qualifying at the French Grand Prix .
In addition, Alesi was the more consistent and reliable driver. While Diniz was eliminated a total of nine times due to driving errors, accidents and collisions and was only classified in four races, Alesi only had to give up the race three times for such reasons and finished in a total of eight races. However, he dropped out of five races for technical reasons. The team only missed possible point placements on three occasions: At the season opener in Melbourne , Diniz was in fourth place when he suffered a gearbox damage. Alesi, on the other hand, retired from the aforementioned race in France due to a driving error when he was in third place, and at the race in Spielberg he was in 6th place with a lack of fuel.
Painting and sponsorship
The main sponsors were the Malaysian mineral oil company Petronas and the Austrian beverage manufacturer Red Bull . This time the food company Parmalat , which joined the team with Alesi, and the whirlpool outfitter Brastemp also advertised on the rear wing, with the Fritz Kaiser Group and CATIA Solutions remaining as other smaller sponsors .
The paintwork was similar to previous years. Based on the main colors of the sponsors, the lower part of the chassis was in Petronas cyan , the upper part in typical Red Bull blue . The yellow tone of the nose was also the same as that of the beverage manufacturer.
Despite the sponsorship by Petronas, the lubricants used in the car were provided by Shell .
driver
During the entire season, the C18 was driven exclusively by the two regular drivers Jean Alesi from France and Pedro Diniz from Brazil. Peter Sauber did not hire test drivers this year.
Further use of the chassis
Jean Alesi's car is on display in the Technik Museum Sinsheim . Furthermore, in Hangar-7 issued a Sauber C18 of Red Bull.
Results
| driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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11 | DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 14th | DNF | 8th | 16 | 9 | 9 | DNF | 7th | 6th | ||
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12 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | 6th | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 11 | ||
| Legend | ||
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| 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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
- Vehicle profile at chicanef1.com
- Vehicle profile at fedef1.com
- Vehicle profile at StatsF1.com
- motorsport-total.com Database information on the Sauber C18
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Leo Ress leaves the Sauber team. Motorsport-Total, December 27, 2002, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
- ↑ statsf1.com: Sauber C18. Stats F1, January 1, 2000, accessed March 28, 2020 .
- ↑ formula1techandart.com: Ferrari 047. Formula 1 technology and art, January 1, 2000, accessed on March 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ grandprix.com: Sauber's new challenger. Grand Prix, January 25, 1999, accessed April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ grandprix.com: A hint of things to come? Grand Prix, February 1, 1999, accessed April 1, 2020 .
- ^ Motorsport-total.com: Drivers' Championship 1999. Motorsport-Total, January 1, 2000, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de: Pedro Paul Diniz Grand Prix Race 1999. In: motorsportarchiv.de. Archived from the original on March 30, 2007 ; accessed on January 5, 2019 .
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de: Jean Alesi Grand Prix Race 1999. In: motorsportarchiv.de. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007 ; accessed on January 5, 2019 .
- ↑ f1.statistiker.org: Sauber C18. F1 Statistician, January 1, 2000, accessed March 28, 2020 .
Racing car of the Formula 1 World Championship 1999
