John Nielsen Dieter Quester Max Welti Henri Pescarolo Christian Danner Mike Thackwell
Debut
1985 24 Hours of Le Mans
Races
Wins
Poles
F/Laps
7
1
0
0
Teams' Championships
0
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
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.
The SauberC8 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...
partnership between Sauber as a constructor and Mercedes-Benz as an engine builder for the World Sportscar Championship. The C9 replaced the SauberC8. The C9 was...
Express Airlines (defunct) IATA code Citroën C8, a brand of minivan SauberC8, a 1985 racing car Spyker C8, a sportscar produced by car manufacturer Spyker...
season of use. Sauber would return to sportscar development after a year off with their partnership with Mercedes-Benz and the SauberC8, which carried...
Nürburgring with a 12th-place finish, in an event which was actually won by a SauberC8. After the 1986 season, Roland Bassaler would stop participating in the...
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...
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...
insisted that the engines would be supplied through Sauber's Swiss engine-tuner Heini Mader. The new SauberC8 was designed by Leo Ress (who had worked with...
with Henri Pescarolo to win the 1000km Nürburgring sports car race, in a SauberC8. Thackwell was born into a motor racing family. For many years, his father...
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...
60 Keiichi Suzuki 9 Vern Schuppan 9 George Fouché 9 Kouros Racing Team SauberC8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 L Turbo V8 G 61 John Nielsen 1–3 Henri Pescarolo...
joined by Noël del Bello, and his older SauberC8. He had recently received a pile of spare parts from Sauber and Mercedes-Benz, including the latest...
DNF 1985 Sauber Racing John Nielsen Max Welti SauberC8-Mercedes C1 - DNS DNS 1986 Kouros Racing Team Henri Pescarolo Christian Danner SauberC8-Mercedes...
Jean-Philippe Grand 5 Gaston Rahier 5 Jacques Terrien 5 Del Bello Racing SauberC8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 L Turbo V8 G 42 Gilles Lempereur 5, 7 Pierre-Alain...
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...
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...
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...
Global Information
Sauber Racing
Noël del Bello
John Nielsen
Dieter Quester
Christian Danner
Mike Thackwell