Sauber Academy

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Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sauber Academy
Sauber Academy Logo.svg
Founded2019;6 years ago (2019) (as Sauber Junior Team)
Base Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland
Team principal(s) Beat Zehnder
Current driversKarting
Flag of Germany.svg Taym Saleh
Website https://www.sauber-group.com/academy?d=Corporate

The Sauber Academy, formerly known as the Sauber Junior Team, is a driver development programme by Sauber Motorsport to support drivers from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team. [1]

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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

DriverYearsCurrent seriesTitles as Sauber Academy member
Flag of Germany.svg Taym Saleh [6] 2023–Karting (OK)none as Sauber Academy member
Flag of Austria.svg Emma Felbermayr [7] 2025– F1 Academy
F4 Spanish Championship 		none as Sauber Academy member

Former drivers

DriverYearsSeries that driver competed as Sauber Junior
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott [note 1] 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Scherer 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Flag of South Africa.svg Raoul Hyman 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Flag of Monaco.svg Arthur Leclerc 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2019)
Flag of France.svg Alessandro Ghiretti 2019 ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Flag of South Africa.svg Stuart White2019 French F4 Championship (2019)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Joshua Dufek 2019Karting (2019)
Flag of Singapore.svg Christian Ho 2019–2021Karting (2019–2021)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dexter Patterson [8] 2019–2021Karting (2019)
Italian F4 Championship (2020)
Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa [9] 2019, 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021)
Flag of France.svg Théo Pourchaire [10] [11] 2019–2024 ADAC Formula 4 ( 2019 )
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2020)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020– 2023 )
Super Formula (2024)
IndyCar Series (2024)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Ptáček 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup (2020)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Thompson [12] 2020Karting (2020)
Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Czaja2020Karting (2020)
Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu [13] 2020–2021Karting (2020–2021)
Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. [14] 2020–2021Karting (2020)
F4 Danish Championship (2021)
Flag of Singapore.svg Tiziano Monza [15] 2020–2021Karting (2020–2021)
Flag of Brazil.svg Miguel Costa [16] [17] 2020–2023 Karting – OKJ (2020–2023)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sonny Smith [18] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Gładysz [19] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Flag of Poland.svg Gustaw Wiśniewski [19] 2021 Karting – OKJ (2021)
Flag of the Philippines.svg Zachary David [20] 2021–2022 Karting – OK (2021–2022)
Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Faria [21] 2022 GB3 Championship (2022)
Flag of France.svg Marcus Amand [22] 2023 Formula Regional European Championship (2023)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Léna Bühler 2023–2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship (2023)
F1 Academy (2023)
Formula Regional European Championship (2024)
Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney [23] 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship (2024)
Flag of Germany.svg Carrie Schreiner [24] 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship (2024)
Formula Winter Series (2024)
F1 Academy (2024)
F4 British Championship (2024)
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (2024)
Sauber Affiliate drivers
DriverYearsSeries that driver competed as Sauber Affiliate
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro [25] 2014None

Notes

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

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