The Sauber C8 was a Group C prototype race car introduced in 1985 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the first in a partnership between Sauber and Mercedes-Benz...
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partnership between Sauber as a constructor and Mercedes-Benz as an engine builder for the World Sportscar Championship. The C9 replaced the Sauber C8. The C9 was...
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season of use. Sauber would return to sportscar development after a year off with their partnership with Mercedes-Benz and the Sauber C8, which carried...
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Express Airlines (defunct) IATA code Citroën C8, a brand of minivan Sauber C8, a 1985 racing car Spyker C8, a sportscar produced by car manufacturer Spyker...
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Nürburgring with a 12th-place finish, in an event which was actually won by a Sauber C8. After the 1986 season, Roland Bassaler would stop participating in the...
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(R107 / C107) 560 SE, SEL, SEC (W / V / C126) 560 SL (R107) Racing Sauber C8 Sauber C9 Other Manufacturers Isdera Autobahnkurier AK116i Isdera Erator GTE...
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eponymous Sauber Formula One team. After being trained as an electrician, Sauber became a car salesman in Hinwil, Switzerland. This was Sauber's first real...
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Porsche with the fastest times at the test-day. Sauber had a difficult return to Le Mans in 1985. The C8 of John Nielsen had got airborne and flipped on...
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insisted that the engines would be supplied through Sauber's Swiss engine-tuner Heini Mader. The new Sauber C8 was designed by Leo Ress (who had worked with...
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Mercedes-Benz W165 1952 Mercedes-Benz W194 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR 1985 Sauber C8 1987 Sauber Mercedes-Benz C9 1990 Mercedes-Benz C11 1991 Mercedes-Benz C291...
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Mike Thackwell (category Sauber Motorsport drivers)
with Henri Pescarolo to win the 1000km Nürburgring sports car race, in a Sauber C8. Thackwell was born into a motor racing family. For many years, his father...
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Meisterschaft 1985 No Race 1986 Henri Pescarolo Mike Thackwell Kouros Racing Team Sauber C8-Mercedes 3:42:30.020 121 laps, 599 km World Sports Prototype Championship...
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60 Keiichi Suzuki 9 Vern Schuppan 9 George Fouché 9 Kouros Racing Team Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 L Turbo V8 G 61 John Nielsen 1–3 Henri Pescarolo...
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of the race, causing a multitude of accidents and spins. Although the Sauber C8 generally lacked effective ground effects, it was reliable but off the...
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manufacturers. Jaguar had won in 1988 and went on to win the championship; while Sauber had finished second and was now matching Jaguar on the track. New regulations...
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as an engine supplier for the privateer Sauber team. The first car produced by this relationship, the Sauber C8 was not particularly successful. However...
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joined by Noël del Bello, and his older Sauber C8. He had recently received a pile of spare parts from Sauber and Mercedes-Benz, including the latest...
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Nielsen and F1 driver Martin Brundle. After an indifferent year with the C8, Sauber returned with its new model, the C9. A new monocoque chassis and improved...
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Not Classified (NC). Pole Position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:14.170 Fastest Lap - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:15.820 Average Speed - 180.747 km/h...
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Turbo Flat-6 D 60 Vern Schuppan 9 George Fouché 9 Keiichi Suzuki 9 Sauber Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 L Turbo V8 D 61 Dieter Quester 4 John Nielsen...
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Dieter Quester (category Sauber Motorsport drivers)
DNF 1985 Sauber Racing John Nielsen Max Welti Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 - DNS DNS 1986 Kouros Racing Team Henri Pescarolo Christian Danner Sauber C8-Mercedes...
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Jean-Philippe Grand 5 Gaston Rahier 5 Jacques Terrien 5 Del Bello Racing Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 L Turbo V8 G 42 Gilles Lempereur 5, 7 Pierre-Alain...
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which was too large. Pole Position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:15.020 Fastest Lap - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:18.240 Average Speed - 207.024 km/h...
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Sauber Mercedes placed second in the Teams Championship...
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Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 DNS C1 42 Noël del Bello Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gilles Lempereur Lucien Rossiaud Sauber C8 ? - Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8...
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Henri Pescarolo (category Sauber Motorsport drivers)
Christian Danner Dieter Quester Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 86 DNF DNF 1987 Kouros Racing Mike Thackwell Hideki Okada Sauber C9-Mercedes C1 123 DNF DNF 1988...
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Pescarolo Sauber C9 M 138 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8 23 DNF C1 42 Noël del Bello Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Noël del Bello Lucien Rossiaud Sauber C8 G 137...
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Christian Danner (category Sauber Motorsport drivers)
Almo Coppelli March 85G-Porsche C1 270 22nd 17th 1986 Kouros Sauber Racing Team Henri Pescarolo Dieter Quester Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 86 DNF DNF Sources:...
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C1 61 Kouros Racing Team Henri Pescarolo John Nielsen Mike Thackwell Sauber C8 G 203 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8 9 C1 19 Brun Motorsport Walter...
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The Sauber C4 was the fourth sports prototype racing car that Swiss Peter Sauber designed and developed. It was built in 1975. It competed in the European...
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