The Sauber C29 (also known as BMW Sauber C29) was a Formula One racing car which was used by the BMW Sauber F1 Team in the 2010 Formula One season. It was unveiled on January 31, at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
This was the first Sauber Formula One car that uses fully fledged Ferrari engines since the Petronas-badged C24 in 2005.
Design The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf, Christoph Zimmermann, Pierre Waché and Seamus Mullarkey with the car being powered with a customer Ferrari engine.
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.
Racing history
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 taking 10th in Turkey. 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.
Sponsorship and livery
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. At the start of 2010, the car had no sponsors, only the driver's name and nationality on the bodywork. Later on the team featured the team’s logo on the engine cover until the Canadian Grand Prix when the team decided to change it with C1 logo. Another special logo was created at the German and Hungarian Grands Prix which featured; Sauber Motorsport 40th Anniversary.
The team only featured Bridgestone, スカルプ D ("Scalp D") and also Certina logos in the C29 car until the Monaco Grand Prix when the team put a new sponsor; Emil Frey. The team then got several sponsor; Burger King which featured in the Spanish, European and Belgian Grands Prix; Mad Croc Energy Drink from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards; Planex Group and Kinshukai Group in the Japanese Grand Prix.
Other sponsors were Takata, Onegai My Melody, Mitsubishi Electric and Converse.
At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Sauber celebrated its 300th Grand Prix, including its appearance under the BMW Sauber name from 2006 to 2009.
Complete Formula One results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine Tyres Drivers 1 BHR 2 AUS 3 MAL 4 CHN 5 ESP 6 MON 7 TUR 8 CAN 9 EUR 10 GBR 11 GER 12 HUN 13 BEL 14 ITA 15 SIN 16 JPN 17 KOR 18 BRA 19 ABU Points WCC BMW Sauber F1 Team Ferrari 056 V8 Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 14 7 11 14 44 8th Nick Heidfeld Ret 8 9 17 11 Kamui Kobayashi Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 7 6 11 9 8 Ret Ret 7 8 10 14
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