Sauber C19
{{short description|Racing automobile}}
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{{Racing car
| Car_name = Sauber C19
| Image = 260px
| Caption = The C19 of Mika Salo on display at the Hangar-7 Museum
| Category = Formula One
| Constructor = Sauber
| Predecessor = Sauber C18
| Successor = Sauber C20
| Team = Red Bull Sauber Petronas
| Designer = {{ill|Leo Ress|ja|レオ・レス}} {{smaller|(Technical Director)}}
Sergio Rinland {{smaller|(Chief Designer)}}
Ian Thomson {{smaller|(Head of Chassis Design)}}
Seamus Mullarkey {{smaller|(Head of Aerodynamics)}}
| Drivers = 16. {{flagicon|BRA}} Pedro Diniz
17. {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Salo
| Chassis = Moulded carbon fibre composite structure
| Front suspension = Double wishbones, pushrod
| Rear suspension = Double wishbones, pushrod
| Engine name = Petronas SPE 04A (Ferrari), 80-degree V10
| Gearbox name = Sauber seven-speed longitudinal semi-automatic
| Fuel = Petronas
| Tyres = Bridgestone
| Debut = 2000 Australian Grand Prix
| Last_event = 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
| Races = 17
| Cons_champ = 0
| Drivers_champ = 0
| Wins = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest_laps = 0
}}
The Sauber C19 was the car with which the Sauber Formula One team competed in the 2000 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by the experienced pairing of Finn Mika Salo and Brazilian Pedro Diniz, who had previously been teammates at Arrows in 1998.{{cite web |title=Sauber C19 |url=https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/457/Sauber-C19-Petronas.html |publisher=Ultimate Car Page}}
Design
This car introduced twin front suspension mounting pylons, a design that would be used enhanced the following year.
Season overview
The car proved to be reasonably competitive, but not enough to escape from the large midfield group. Salo scored six points, but could not resist an offer from the fledgling Toyota team and left after the season finished, whilst Diniz failed to score any points and was dropped at the end of the year. The team finished eighth in the Constructors' Championship – same position as in 1999, but with more points.
The team experienced one of the worst races of its F1 career at the Brazilian Grand Prix, when both cars were withdrawn from the race after repeated rear wing failures caused by the bumpy track surface.
Sponsorship and livery
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year ! Team ! Engine ! Tyres ! Drivers ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! Points ! WCC | ||||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="3"| {{F1|2000}}
| rowspan="3"| Red Bull Sauber Petronas | rowspan="3"| {{Bridgestone}} | AUS | BRA | SMR | GBR | ESP | EUR | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | MAL
| rowspan="3"|6 | rowspan="3"|8th | |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Pedro Diniz
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | WD
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | |||||||||||||||||
| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Salo
|style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ | WD
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| colspan="24"| Sources:{{cite web|title=All championship race entries, in an Sauber C19|url=https://www.chicanef1.com/query.pl?nc=0&carmodel=Sauber+C19&car=Sauber&exact=on&sh_year=on&sh_gp=on&sh_carno=on&sh_driver=on&sh_entrant=on&sh_team=on&sh_car=on&sh_eng=on&sh_tyres=on&sh_qualpos=on&sh_gridpos=on&sh_racepos=on&sh_dpts=on&sh_cpts=on&action=Display|work=ChicaneF1|access-date=20 January 2025}}{{cite web|title=Sauber C19|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/sauber-c19.aspx|work=StatsF1|access-date=20 January 2025}} |
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