BMW Sauber F1 Team <-- new team name for 2006 !

[stmoritzer]

On Monday, BMW released the official team name for 2006:

BMW Sauber F1 Team


As a swiss, I'm happy that "Sauber" remains in the name

well, the Sauber crew designed the 2006 car, about 300 people from Hinwil (CH) are now working for BMW, so according to Dr. Mario Theissen, it was easy to choose the name

a small tribute to Peter Sauber









for more pics, go to www.sauber.ch


Official presentation of the team is planned for 16./17. january 06
Nich Heidfeld is one driver, the second is not defined yet (Heikki Kovalainen ?)

[stmoritzer]

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas Yes - it's nice they keep the Sauber inside the new name anyway... I think it was part of the deal... that the Sauber name will be kept for a couple of seasons

maybe yes.... but P. Sauber mentioned several times in interviews, that he has no "power" to decide about the name (he owns currently 20% on Sauber)

[|Nuno|]

Haha, makes sense. That way, if next season doesn't go well it won't be all BMW's fault.