Sauber Academy

Switzerland Sauber Academy
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019) (as Sauber Junior Team)
BaseHinwil, Zürich, Switzerland
Team principal(s)Beat Zehnder
Current driversFIA Formula 2
Barbados Zane Maloney
FR European Championship
Switzerland Léna Bühler
F1 Academy
Germany Carrie Schreiner
Karting
Germany Taym Saleh
No Current Full-time Series
France Théo Pourchaire
Websitehttps://www.sauber-group.com/academy?d=Corporate

The Sauber Academy, formerly known as the Sauber Junior Team, is a driver development programme by Sauber Motorsport to support drivers from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team.[1]

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.[2][3] After 2019 Sauber parted ways with Charouz and rebranded the programme as the Sauber Academy.[4][5] Sauber's Karting Team, aligned with Kart Republic, also entails various drivers.

  1. ^ "Théo Pourchaire and Roberto Faria fly the flag for Sauber Academy". 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Scott (29 March 2019). "Sauber launches kart team with ex-Rosberg/Hamilton boss". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. ^ Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ^ Wood, Elliot (29 January 2020). "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.