Clean C19

Clean C19

Pedro Diniz at the 2000 Canadian Grand Prix
Constructor:	Sauber motorsport
Designer:	Seamus Mullarkey, Leo Ress
Predecessor:	Clean C18
Successor:	Clean C20
Technical specifications
Engine:	Petronas SPE-04A, V10 engine, 3.0 liters
Length:	4410 mm
Width:	1800 mm
Height:	1000 mm
Weight:	600 kg (including driver)
Tires:	Bridgestone
statistics
Driver:	16. Pedro Diniz 17. Mika Salo
First start:	Grand Prix of Austria 2000
Last start:	2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 16 - - -
World Cup points:	6th
Podiums:	-
Leadership laps:	-

The Sauber C19 was a Formula 1 racing car from Red Bull Sauber Petronas and was used in the 2000 Formula 1 season .

technology

Front part of the left front suspension of the Sauber C19; The keel on the underside of the chassis, to which the front lower wishbone is attached, is clearly visible.

The engine supplier was Ferrari with a 3.0-liter V10 engine. However, he was named Petronas due to an agreement with the main sponsor . Bridgestone provided the tires .

A special feature was the suspension: For the first time, a double keel suspension was used on the front axle in Formula 1 (the pure test vehicle Honda RA099 from the previous year, however, already had this innovation). This means the suspension point of the lower front wishbone , which on the C19 was no longer centered in a simple form for the suspensions on both sides. Instead, two keels were used - one on each side of the vehicle. Aerodynamic advantages were expected from this solution.

driver

The drivers of the C19 were Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo . They contested 16 of the 17 races of the 2000 season. Only at the Brazilian Grand Prix did Sauber withdraw its vehicles after qualifying because there were problems with the rear wing.

Advertising and painting

Sauber C19 in Hangar-7

The main sponsors were the Malaysian mineral oil company Petronas and the Austrian beverage manufacturer Red Bull .

The paintwork was very similar to that of previous years. Based on the main colors of the sponsors, the lower part of the chassis was in Petronas cyan , the upper part in Redbull blue . The yellow tone of the nose was also the same as that of the beverage manufacturer. There was writing on the rear wing and Red Bull logos on the engine cover. On the side pods there were letters from Petronas.

2000 season

Start of the season with problems

Side view of the Sauber C19

The season didn't start well at first. In the first race, Diniz retired with a gearbox damage. Salo drove a good race and finished sixth. After the race, the race stewards discovered an illegal front wing - the point placement was then revoked. In the following race, Diniz and Salo qualified in positions 20 and 22. However, Sauber withdrew his vehicles due to problems with the rear wing for safety reasons.

First successes

In the third race in San Marino, Mika Salo managed to get the first point of the season with a sixth place. Diniz finished the race in eighth. In the three subsequent races, none of the drivers finished with points. With two seventh places, however, they only narrowly failed. In the seventh race of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix , Mika Salo scored two more points for Sauber with fifth place.

Further points

After two further races without points in Canada and France, Mika Salo scored further points in Austria and Germany with a sixth and a fifth place. Up to this point Diniz was still without points.

Mediocre until the end

In the remaining six races none of the drivers managed to get any further points. However, both were consistently in the top ten.

In total, the C19 retired nine times in 16 Grand Prix. The best placements were two fifth places. At the end of the season, Sauber had six championship points and thus achieved eighth place in the constructors' championship.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2000																			6th	8th.
P. Diniz	16	DNF	DNS	8th	11	DNF	7th	DNF	10	11	9	DNF	DNF	11	8th	8th	11	DNF
M. Salo	17th	DSQ	DNS	6th	8th	7th	DNF	5	DNF	10	6th	5	10	9	7th	DNF	10	8th

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

Stay after the season

A copy of the C19 is on display in Hangar-7 , a multifunctional building at Salzburg Airport .

Web links

Commons : Clean C19  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tech Update: The Keel Story , Motorsport Magazine, February 20, 2006; Accessed December 31, 2018
2. ↑ Formula 1 racing cars in Hangar 7 ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.