Sauber Academy

Switzerland Sauber Academy
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019) (as Sauber Junior Team)
BaseHinwil, Zürich, Switzerland
Team principal(s)Beat Zehnder
Current driversKarting
Germany Taym Saleh
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.

Current drivers

Driver Years Current series Titles as Sauber Academy member
Germany Taym Saleh[6] 2023– Karting (OK) none as Sauber Academy member
Austria Emma Felbermayr[7] 2025– none none as Sauber Academy member

Former drivers

Driver Years Series that driver competed as Sauber Junior
United Kingdom Callum Ilott[note 1] 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
Germany Lirim Zendeli 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Switzerland Fabio Scherer 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
South Africa Raoul Hyman 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Monaco Arthur Leclerc 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Czech Republic Roman Staněk 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2019)
France Alessandro Ghiretti 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
South Africa Stuart White 2019 French F4 Championship (2019)
Switzerland Joshua Dufek 2019 Karting (2019)
Singapore Christian Ho 2019–2021 Karting (2019–2021)
United Kingdom Dexter Patterson[8] 2019–2021 Karting (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2020)
United States Juan Manuel Correa[9] 2019, 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021)
France Théo Pourchaire[10][11] 2019–2024 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2020)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2023)
Super Formula (2024)
IndyCar Series (2024)
Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup (2020)
United Kingdom Harry Thompson[12] 2020 Karting (2020)
Poland Piotr Czaja 2020 Karting (2020)
United States Ugo Ugochukwu[13] 2020–2021 Karting (2020–2021)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.[14] 2020–2021 Karting (2020)
F4 Danish Championship (2021)
Singapore Tiziano Monza[15] 2020–2021 Karting (2020–2021)
Brazil Miguel Costa[16][17] 2020–2023 Karting – OKJ (2020–2023)
United Kingdom Sonny Smith[18] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Poland Maciej Gładysz[19] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Poland Gustaw Wiśniewski[19] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Philippines Zachary David[20] 2021–2022 Karting – OK (2021–2022)
Brazil Roberto Faria[21] 2022 GB3 Championship (2022)
France Marcus Amand[22] 2023 Formula Regional European Championship (2023)
Switzerland Léna Bühler 2023–2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship (2023)
F1 Academy (2023)
Formula Regional European Championship (2024)
Barbados Zane Maloney[23] 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2024)
Germany Carrie Schreiner[24] 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship (2024)
Formula Winter Series (2024)
F1 Academy (2024)
F4 British Championship (2024)
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (2024)
Sauber Affiliate drivers
Driver Years Series that driver competed as Sauber Affiliate
Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[25] 2014 None

Notes

  1. ^ In 2019 Ilott was part of both the Sauber Junior Team and the Ferrari Driver Academy.

References

  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.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (29 January 2023). "Sauber's new junior one of many talking points at WSK Champions Cup". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  7. ^ Zambarloukos, Alexander (17 December 2024). "Für eine 17-jährige Welserin lebt der Traum von der Formel 1". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  8. ^ Wood, Ida (26 October 2021). "Patterson reunites with Monolite for second FREC appearance at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Comeback to greater things: Juan Manuel Correa joins Sauber Academy". Sauber Group. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. ^ Cleeren, Filip (24 June 2024). "Sauber F1 team looking to find Pourchaire a new IndyCar seat". Motorsport. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (18 December 2024). "Sauber confirms departure of F1 reserve drivers Pourchaire and Maloney". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  13. ^ Scout, Formula (22 July 2021). "Five young drivers Alfa Romeo should support in its Stellantis era". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Sauber junior Emmo Fittipaldi to make car racing debut in Danish F4". 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Tiziano Monza – Mini Driver". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  17. ^ Wood, Ida (5 November 2024). "Miguel Costa steps up from karting to cars with Campos in Spanish F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  18. ^ "New F1 juniors join grid for 2021 karting season opener in Italy". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Sauber's karting team welcomes Maciej Gladysz and Gustaw Wisniewski". 2 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  20. ^ "David Zachary joins the Sauber Karting Team". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  21. ^ Allen, Peter (16 March 2022). "Roberto Faria joins Theo Pourchaire in Sauber Academy". Formula Scout. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Raising the champions of the future: Sauber Academy announces 2023 line-up". Sauber. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Zane Maloney joins Sauber Academy and Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber as Reserve Driver". Formula 2. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Schreiner to represent Sauber Academy in F1 Academy for 2024". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Sauber hire IndyCar driver Simona de Silvestro to prepare her for F1". The Guardian. 14 February 2014.