Sauber Academy
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.
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.[1][2] As of June 2020, Sauber parted ways with Charouz and runs three drivers in its single seaters junior team.[3][4]
Current drivers
| Driver | Years | Current series | Titles achieved as Sauber Junior Team member |
|---|---|---|---|
 Théo Pourchaire
|
2019– | FIA Formula 2 Championship | ADAC Formula 4 |
 Dexter Patterson
|
2019– | Italian F4 Championship | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
 Christian Ho
|
2019– | Karting | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
 Petr Ptáček
|
2020– | Formula Renault Eurocup | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
 Miguel Costa
|
2020– | Karting | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
| Emerson Fittipaldi, Jr.
|
2020– | Karting | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
| Tiziano Monza
|
2020– | Karting | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
 Ugo Ugochukwu
|
2020– | Karting | CIK-FIA European Championship - OKJ |
 Gustaw Wisniewski
|
2021– | Karting | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
| Maciej Gladysz
|
2021– | Karting | none as Sauber Junior Team member |
Former drivers
| Driver | Years | Series that driver competed as Sauber Junior |
|---|---|---|
| Callum Ilott[note 1]
|
2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship |
| Juan Manuel Correa
|
2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship |
 Lirim Zendeli
|
2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship |
 Fabio Scherer
|
2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship |
 Raoul Hyman
|
2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship |
 Arthur Leclerc
|
2019 | ADAC Formula 4 |
| Roman Staněk
|
2019 | ADAC Formula 4 |
| Alessandro Ghiretti
|
2019 | ADAC Formula 4 |
| Stuart White
|
2019 | French F4 Championship |
| Joshua Dufek
|
2019 | Karting |
| Harry Thompson
|
2020 | Karting |
| Piotr Czaja
|
2020 | Karting |
Notes
- ^ In 2019 Ilott was part of both the Sauber Junior Team and the Ferrari Driver Academy.
References
- ^ "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ Mitchell, Scott (29 March 2019). "Sauber launches kart team with ex-Rosberg/Hamilton boss". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (29 January 2020). "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.