Full name Sauber PETRONAS
Base Hinwil, Switzerland
Team principal Peter Sauber
Technical director Willy Rampf
Chassis Sauber C24
Engine PETRONAS 05A
Tyres Michelin
Debut 1993 South African Grand Prix
Races competed 206
Constructors’ Championships none
Drivers’ Championships none
Race victories none
Pole positions none
Fastest laps none
2005 position 8th (20 points)

From :: Wikipedia

Pos Driver Team Time Pts
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1 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 84:17.33 10
2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari +5.5 8
3 Fernando Alonso Renault +6.7 6
4 David Coulthard Red Bull +16.1 5
5 Mark Webber Williams +16.9 4
6 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren +35.0 3
7 Christian Klien Red Bull +38.7 2
8 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren +39.6 1
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota +63.1 0
10 Felipe Massa Sauber +64.3 0
11 Jenson Button BAR +1 lap 0
12 Ralf Schumacher Toyota +1 lap 0
13 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber +1 lap 0
14 Takuma Sato BAR +2 lap 0
15 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan +2 lap 0
16 Tiago Monteiro Jordan +2 lap 0
17 Patrick Friesacher Minardi +4 lap 0
Ret Michael Schumacher Ferrari Retirement (lap 43)
Ret Nick Heidfeld Williams Retirement (lap 43)
Ret Christijan Albers Minardi Retirement (lap 16)

World Champion Fernando Alonso has had an impressive start to the 2006 season but says he is still looking improve on his performance over the next couple of grand prix.

Alonso said,”I’ve scored 18 points in two races and I hope to improve on this level in the next two”, said Alonso to the Sunday Mirror.”Our car was good on heavy and light fuel loads. And I think it will be competitive everywhere and for me this is the perfect start to the championship, more than I dreamed of before Bahrain.”

“I will try to win again in Australia and finish this first part of the championship away from Europe in the best way possible.”

So FIA has finally released its cost cutting measures for 2008 and beyond, frankly they stink. A major change will be that teams will not be allowed to progress their work on engine technology i.e. the 2008 engine will have to be used in 2009 and 2010 as well. So that basically means teams which dont have a good/reliable engine at the start of 2008 season, don’t bother , you wont be able to win anyway for 3 years.

A single tyre company will be chosen for 2008-2010. At each race, every team will receive the same tyres (So no fun here also) – two dry-weather compounds, one wet-weather tyre and one extreme-weather tyre. Tyre warmers will be banned (good,now whats the point ??).

Engines will still have to last 2 races, while gearboxes 4.

1 good thing i feel is instead of 10 place penalties, a 15kg weight penalty will be enforced.

Engine companies also wont be able to sell engines to more than 2 companies without permission of the FIA (What does that mean ? Do they have to pay a fee ?)

Melbourne Track Statistics
Laps 58
Circuit length 5.30 km (3.30 miles)
Race length 307.57 km (191.12 miles)
2005 winner 1:24’17.336 (Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault)
2005 pole 3:01.460 (Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault)
2005 fastest lap 1:25.683 (Fernando Alonso, Renault)

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