Sauber Academy

The Sauber Academy – formerly known as the Sauber Junior Team – is an initiative by Sauber Motorsport to help nurture talent from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team.[1]

Switzerland Sauber Academy
FoundedSauber Junior Team (2019 (2019))
Sauber Academy (2020 (2020))
BaseHinwil, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Team principal(s)Frédéric Vasseur (Director)
Current driversFIA Formula 2
France Théo Pourchaire
FR European Championship
France Marcus Amand
F1 Academy
Switzerland Léna Bühler
Karting
Brazil Miguel Costa
Germany Taym Saleh
Websitehttps://www.sauber-group.com/motorsport/sauber-academy/

In November 2018, Sauber entered a partnership with Czech team Charouz Racing System to form the Sauber Junior Team, followed by the creation of a karting team in March 2019.[2][3] After 2019 Sauber parted ways with Charouz and rebranded the programme as the Sauber Academy.[4][5] Sauber's Karting Team, aligned with Kart Republic, also entails various drivers.

Current drivers
Driver Years Current series Titles as Sauber Academy member
France Théo Pourchaire[6] 2019– FIA Formula 2 Championship ADAC Formula 4
France Marcus Amand[7] 2023– Formula Regional European Championship none as Sauber Academy member
Switzerland Léna Bühler[7] 2023– Formula 4 UAE Championship
F1 Academy		 none as Sauber Academy member
Germany Taym Saleh[8] 2023– Karting (OKJ) none as Sauber Academy member
Sauber Karting Team drivers
Driver Years Titles as Sauber Karting Team member
Brazil Miguel Costa[9] 2020– none as Sauber Karting Team member

Former drivers
Driver Years Series that driver competed as Sauber Junior
United Kingdom Callum Ilott[note 1] 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
Germany Lirim Zendeli 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Switzerland Fabio Scherer 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
South Africa Raoul Hyman 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Monaco Arthur Leclerc 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Czech Republic Roman Staněk 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2019)
France Alessandro Ghiretti 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
South Africa Stuart White 2019 French F4 Championship (2019)
Switzerland Joshua Dufek 2019 Karting (2019)
Singapore Christian Ho 2019–2021 Karting (2019–2021)
United Kingdom Dexter Patterson[10] 2019–2021 Karting (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2020)
United States Juan Manuel Correa[11] 2019, 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021)
Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup (2020)
United Kingdom Harry Thompson[12] 2020 Karting (2020)
Poland Piotr Czaja 2020 Karting (2020)
United States Ugo Ugochukwu[13] 2020–2021 CIK-FIA European Championship - OKJ (2020)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.[14] 2020–2021 Karting (2020)
F4 Danish Championship (2021)
Singapore Tiziano Monza[15] 2020–2021 Karting (2020–2021)
United Kingdom Sonny Smith[16] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Poland Maciej Gładysz[17] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Poland Gustaw Wiśniewski[17] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Philippines Zachary David[18] 2021–2022 Karting – OK (2021–2022)
Brazil Roberto Faria[19] 2022 GB3 (2022)
Sauber Affiliate drivers
Driver Years Series that driver competed as Sauber Affiliate
Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[20] 2014 None

Notes
  1. In 2019 Ilott was part of both the Sauber Junior Team and the Ferrari Driver Academy.

References
  1. "Théo Pourchaire and Roberto Faria fly the flag for Sauber Academy". 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. Mitchell, Scott (29 March 2019). "Sauber launches kart team with ex-Rosberg/Hamilton boss". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. Wood, Elliot (29 January 2020). "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. "Raising the champions of the future: Sauber Academy announces 2023 line-up". Sauber. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  8. Wood, Ida (29 January 2023). "Sauber's new junior one of many talking points at WSK Champions Cup". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  9. "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. Wood, Ida (26 October 2021). "Patterson reunites with Monolite for second FREC appearance at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  11. "Comeback to greater things: Juan Manuel Correa joins Sauber Academy". Sauber Group. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  12. "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  13. Scout, Formula (22 July 2021). "Five young drivers Alfa Romeo should support in its Stellantis era". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  14. "Sauber junior Emmo Fittipaldi to make car racing debut in Danish F4". 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  15. "Tiziano Monza - Mini Driver". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. "New F1 juniors join grid for 2021 karting season opener in Italy". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  17. "Sauber's karting team welcomes Maciej Gladysz and Gustaw Wisniewski". 2 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  18. "David Zachary joins the Sauber Karting Team". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  19. Allen, Peter (16 March 2022). "Roberto Faria joins Theo Pourchaire in Sauber Academy". Formula Scout. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  20. "Sauber hire IndyCar driver Simona de Silvestro to prepare her for F1". The Guardian. 14 February 2014.
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