In Turkey, both BMW Sauber cars finished 4th and 5th, with Kubica finishing in 4th. Winkelhock also raced for the team in the final race of the season after the Fabis' father died shortly before the event. In 1983, the improved reliability of the BMW engine in the new BT52 allowed Piquet to win the Drivers' Championship, after overhauling Alain Prost (Renault) in the points standings. BMW Sauber were the first team to have tested all of these new features at the same time during a public F1 testing session. The team ran a radical "twin towers" aero enhancement on the front of the car for the French Grand Prix, which was meant improve the flow of air over the top of the chassis. While the new diffuser was implemented, the KERS could not be made to fit the new car and both drivers raced without the device. Due to his American commitments he missed three races, in which he was substituted by his brother, Corrado. For the following race, the Belgian Grand Prix, Piquet and Patrese switched back to the BT50, but Piquet finished three laps behind the winner and Patrese retired. The first car with BMW livery was dubbed the BMW Sauber F1.06. The team continued to be sponsored and supported by Petronas, Intel, Certina, Dell and Credit Suisse. This irritated Robert Kubica[13] who was leading the championship at that time, but both drivers scored podium finishes and kept the team in third place in the Constructors' Championship, scoring more points than in the previous year. Auton suunnitelussa huomioitiin uudet säännöt, joissa kielletään lisäsiivekkeet. A series of consistent points-scoring finishes meant that Williams finished a competitive third in the Constructors' Championship, some distance behind the dominant Ferrari and McLaren teams, but ahead of engine manufacturers with more recent experience. The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf, Walter Reidl, Christoph Zimmermann and Willem Toet with the powertrain being designed by Markus Duesmann. ; Prednji ovjes: Pushrod sustava. Moreover, Montoya was unable to win a single race, despite taking seven pole positions. To će biti vođen Nick Heidfeld, Jacques Villeneuve i Robert Kubica.. U F1.06 je bio kandidat za bodove u cijeloj sezoni, i uspjela ostvariti dva podiji: jedan za Heidfelda na Hungaroring,i ostali za Kubica u Monzi.. Tehnički podaci Williams had won the 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997 Drivers' Championships, and the Constructors' Championships in all of these years as well as 1994, in a successful partnership with Renault, but the French company withdrew from the sport at the end of 1997, leaving team owner Frank Williams and Technical Director Patrick Head in need of a new engine partnership to remain competitive. For 2004, the team produced the FW26 chassis, which featured a radical nose section designed by Antonia Terzi. It shows the life time statistics and race results achieved in all grand prix. The Sauber team's existing major sponsors, Petronas and Credit Suisse, renewed their contracts with BMW. BMW's most successful 1986 partnership was thus with the new Benetton team, which scored 19 points, won the Mexican Grand Prix and took two pole positions with Berger and Teo Fabi. (36 pont) 2016: Sauber F1 Team: Sauber C35 P: Ferrari V6 turbó: Shell: 9. BMW Sauber 7-speed "Quick Shift Gearbox (QSG)". Robert Kubica was signed as the team's third driver. BMW has been involved in Formula One in a number of capacities since the inauguration of the World Drivers' Championship in 1950. BMW Sauber je německá automobilová stáj formule 1 firmy BMW, která se zúčastnila závodů Mistrovství světa formule 1.Tato stáj vznikla odkoupením dosavadního týmu Sauber na konci roku 2005, německým výrobcem automobilů BMW.V polovině sezóny 2009 oznámila automobilka BMW odchod z Formule 1. [22] On November 27, 2009 it was announced that Peter Sauber would repurchase the team conditional upon the team receiving a FIA entry for the 2010 season. [5] The team's lead driver, Nelson Piquet, tested the BT50 throughout 1981, but the car proved chronically unreliable until Bosch introduced a digital electronic management system at the end of the year, which immediately improved the situation. However Lotus had been given the 13th and final slot in the 2010 Championship. The team scored twelve more points than in the previous year and beat McLaren to second place in the Constructors' Championship, but only won a single race with Schumacher at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The team continued to use Sauber's facilities, mostly for chassis construction and wind tunnel testing, while BMW's headquarters in Munich were responsible for building the new 2.4-litre P86 V8 engine, revised technical regulations forcing a change from the 3-litre V10 formula. Theissen also made the point that the performance gap between BMW Sauber and the two top teams was less than the gap between BMW Sauber and the teams behind it.[14]. BMW Sauber F1 is a Formula One team with bases in Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. [9] The parts were promptly banned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as they were adjudged to impede the drivers' vision and thus compromise safety.[10]. BMW started its involvement in motor vehicle racing in the 1940s. 12. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. BMW reduced its full works commitment to the sole supply of Brabham in 1987; the team produced the more conservative BT56 chassis and scored ten points with Patrese, Andrea de Cesaris and Stefano Modena. [15], (key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap), During 2012 Sauber released a video and images of an F1.08 that had been sliced in half. Translations in context of "BMW Sauber F1" in German-English from Reverso Context: Offizieller Unternehmenspartner des BMW Sauber F1 Teams Tap to unmute. The Arrows team, however, was still keen to use the upright version of the M12/13, and arranged for its title sponsor, USF&G, to purchase the remaining stock. The Williams team was more competitive in 2003, as both drivers won on two occasions and Montoya remained in contention for the Drivers' Championship until the penultimate race of the season. The BMW Sauber project lasted from 2006 until 2009, and resulted in a substantial increase in competitiveness for the Swiss former privateer team. At the Monaco Grand Prix, Patrese won, whilst Piquet was more than two seconds slower in qualifying and retired from the race. Chairman Norbert Reithofer described the decision as a strategic one. [2] The car was taken out for the first time at the Valencia circuit a day after the launch, where Nick Heidfeld took the car for a brief spin at BMW Welt, the BMW delivery center in Munich. The team were awarded what was termed a 14th entry, which hinged either on another team dropping out or all the other teams agreeing to allow 28 cars to enter the 2010 Championship. This replaced the Petronas-badged Ferrari engines which the team had used since 1997. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. 94. Sauber F1 Team: Sauber C34 P: Ferrari V6 turbó: Shell: 9. In 2008, Robert Kubica won the team's only race, the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, and led the Drivers' Championship at one point, but the team chose to focus on development of its 2009 car and slipped back in the standings by the end of the season. BMW Sauber F1 team: Drivers, Wiki, Cars, Stats & facts profile. The team went on to finish 3rd and 4th in the race, equalling their highest round points total and promoting them to first place in the constructors' championship for the first time. Patrese also secured BMW's first fastest lap at the French Grand Prix, whilst Piquet took the marque's maiden pole position at the Austrian race. Engine - P86 V8, 90 degree bank angle, 2400cc, 32-valves, pneumatic valve trained. The early years of the post-war World Drivers' Championship saw private BMW racing cars, based on the pre-war BMW 328 chassis, entered in the 1952 and 1953 German Grands Prix. The following year saw the partnership move from the midfield to challenging for race victories, but the desired championship remained elusive due to the dominance of Michael Schumacher and Ferrari in the first half of the 2000s. Later in the season, Vettel moved teams to take a race seat at the Toro Rosso team. The victory came after Lewis Hamilton collided with Kimi Räikkönen in the pitlane, ending the race for both drivers. In the race, however, Kubica started badly and lost ground to Massa in the first corner and to Raikkonen early in the race as well. Its racing derivative, the M12 had also been used in racing throughout the intervening period, winning races in Formula Two and other categories. Arrows and Benetton continued to use the original "upright" version of the M12/13 engine. For the 1968 race, Hahne returned with the previous year's combination and finished tenth, BMW's best result up to this point in its Formula One history. The project began shortly after and was worked on behind the scenes taking around two years to complete. BMW then entered three of its own 269 F2 chassis for the 1969 race, for the trio of Hahne, Gerhard Mitter and Dieter Quester, but Mitter was fatally injured in a practice accident and the remainder of the team withdrew from the race. Learn more BMW thus negotiated an exclusive supply of M12/13 engines to the Brabham team. This engine was the result of a deal between BMW and Brabham, which resulted in the team's chassis being powered by BMW engines from 1982 until 1987, a period in which Nelson Piquet won the 1983 championship driving a Brabham BT52-BMW. It also took 14 pole positions and set 13 fastest laps. Kubica then built up a large lead, pitted and came out ahead of Heidfeld, and this was the way it would stay for the rest of the race, with Kubica finishing in first, 16 seconds ahead of his BMW Sauber teammate who was around 8 seconds ahead of Red Bull driver David Coulthard. In October the team confirmed that they would stick with Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld as their drivers for the 2009 Season.[17]. A raft of upgrades were set for Turkey, including an improved regenerative braking system (KERS) and a double deck diffuser. In the race Kubica was in second, 7 seconds behind Hamilton, when Sutil crashed, bringing out the safety car. Having not won a single Grand Prix race, the team was sold to BMW in 2005. Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. Kubica was on a different refueling strategy from Heidfeld, who also briefly led the race before securing the one-two finish for BMW Sauber in comfortable fashion. The sidepod areas underwent massive changes for 2008, along with a cleaning up of the area in front of the rear wing. The team competed as BMW Sauber from 2006 to 2009, and won one race. Marcus Ericsson Antonio Giovinazzi Pascal Wehrlein: 10. Over the first two thirds of the season the drivers picked up points with a succession of seventh and eighth-place finishes, plus a fourth-place finish for Heidfeld at the Australian Grand Prix. Formula 1 points // team BMW Sauber. Following a meeting of the BMW board on July 28, the company held at press conference the following morning in which it confirmed the team's withdrawal from Formula One at the end of 2009. The engine immediately proved to have a significant power improvement, and propelled Schumacher and new teammate Juan Pablo Montoya into contention for race victories. The team again had a clear number-one driver policy, with the second seat again being shared, this time between François Hesnault and Surer. It was driven by Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve at the start of the season, with Robert Kubica replacing him for the remainder of the season. Qadbak turned out to be a shell company with no assets and no investors behind it. The team emerged as a result of the purchase of the Sauber team by BMW in 2006. The nadir of BMW's Formula One involvement thus far came at the Detroit Grand Prix, where engine reliability problems prevented Piquet from qualifying. In all, the two drivers scored four race wins, but lost other opportunities through unreliability and racing incidents. It was driven by Nick Heidfeld , who joined from BMW Williams , and Jacques Villeneuve , who had spent one season with the team before it was bought by BMW . Turbocharged engines were banned by the revised Formula One Technical Regulations for 1989, rendering the M12/13 obsolete. After the relatively conservative E41, BMW designed the more aggressive P80 engine for 2001, a basic type number that was maintained for the remainder of the company's involvement in Formula One. Kubica finished seventh, although he was later disqualified after his car was found to be underweight. Mercedes-Benz won their first race. BMW F1.09; Race Car Category Formula One: Constructor BMW: Chassis Carbon fibre monocoque Suspension (front) Upper and lower wishbones, inboard springs and dampers, actuated by pushrods Suspension (rear) Same as front Engine BMW P86/9 2.4 litres V8 Naturally aspirated, 18,000 RPM Limited with KERS Power N/A hp @ N/A rpm N/A lb-ft. of torque @ N/A rpm This engine formed the basis of the M12/13 design, the race unit that BMW ultimately supplied to five teams from 1982 to 1988. The team's A7 chassis was not ready at the beginning of the season, and drivers Marc Surer and Thierry Boutsen drove the Cosworth-engined A6 on ten out of 32 entries, but scored three points with BMW engines later in the year. Versenyzői Nick Heidfeld és Robert Kubica, valamint tesztpilóta szerepet töltött be Christian Klien és Marko Asmer. At the front of the field, Piquet was unable to defend his title, which was dominated by the two McLaren drivers, Niki Lauda and Prost. The company entered occasional races in the 1950s and 1960s (often under Formula Two regulations), before building the BMW M12/13 inline-four turbocharged engine in the 1980s. BMW Sauber F1 Team a fost o echipă de Formula 1. For 1984, BMW expanded to three teams by also supplying the M12/13 to Arrows. Šasija: BMW Sauber karbonska vlakna. The F1.08 was launched on January 14, 2008 in Munich. BMW Sauber F1.09 • STATS F1. [3], This was the first BMW Sauber to not be designed by Jörg Zander who left the team to go to Honda F1 in January 2008.[4]. BMW decided to return to Formula One in the late 1990s by signing an exclusive contract with the Williams team, which needed a new long-term engine supplier after the withdrawal of Renault in 1997. [16] BMW Sauber F1 Team | The free to access FIA results website covers 17 FIA championships, including a comprehensive history of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 onwards and a full record of all other FIA World Championships. BMW Sauber F1.09 on saksalaisen BMW Sauberin neljäs Formula 1-auto, jota käytettiin kaudella 2009.Autoa ajoivat puolalainen Robert Kubica ja saksalainen Nick Heidfeld. Aerodynamické tvary vozu jim stejně jako všem ostatním týmům určovala pravidla. The Arrows team also slipped backwards, scoring just one point with Boutsen, Surer and Christian Danner, and also lost Surer's services mid-season when the Swiss driver was seriously injured in a rallying accident. A BMW Sauber F1.08 a BMW Sauber konstruktőr 2008-ban bemutatott autója a Formula–1-ben.A 2008-as mezőnyben indult csapatok közül 2008. január 14-én a BMW Sauber istálló is bemutatta az idei szezonra tervezett vadonatúj versenygépét, az F1.08-at. Pour s'opposer à … In Bahrain, Kubica scored his and the team's first ever pole position, beating Felipe Massa by just under three hundredths of a second. En continuant à naviguer, vous nous autorisez à déposer des cookies à des fins de mesure d'audience. The team scored two podium finishes and came fifth in 2006, its first season in Formula One. The team also attained a second-place finish in the Monaco Grand Prix with Robert Kubica, beating both Ferraris and only trailing the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton by three seconds. The F1.08 lost its performance somewhat relative to Ferrari and McLaren over the remainder of 2008 as they started to focus on the 2009 season. As BMW spent 18 months building and testing a normally aspirated, three-litre V10 engine to comply with technical regulations that had changed significantly since the 1980s, the team used old Renault engines rebadged as first Mecachrome and then Supertec. However, team principal Mario Theissen declared some reliability concerns before the season's opening race in Australia. Mercedes Benz in Formula One. * Excludes factory team. BMW Sauber začal pracovat na F1.09 v únoru 2008. Heidfeld was released in front of his teammate, but was slow due to fueling levels and was passed by Kubica a lap later. Robert Kubica: Debut: 2008 Australian Grand Prix The engines were rebadged as "Megatrons", and were used to power the Arrows cars in 1987 and 1988, and the Ligier team in 1987 only. It was equipped with a single Kühnle, Kopp & Kausch (KKK) turbocharger and Bosch electronics, including fuel injection. Robert Kubica took the team's only Grand Prix victory at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix. Brabham also finished third in the Constructors' Championship, although Patrese's lack of consistency in the second car prevented the team challenging for this title. Moreover, the team suffered the death of Elio de Angelis in a testing accident after four races; his replacement Derek Warwick and team returnee Patrese scored two points between them all season. The final year of BMW's association with Williams, 2005, saw the team's decline in competitiveness continue, dropping to fifth in the Constructors' Championship. The team also announced a technical partnership with technology company Intel. [19], On 15 September 2009 it was announced that BMW Sauber had secured a buyer, Qadbak Investments Limited which said to represent European and Middle Eastern interests. [13], The new car showed promising form throughout winter testing, topping the times sheets on occasions. In 1985, Brabham switched to Pirelli tyres, which had previously not been very competitive against the established Goodyear and Michelin suppliers, in the hope that the Italian company could provide bespoke tyres that would especially suit the new BT54 chassis. A history like none other! After the Bahrain race BMW Sauber were leading the Constructors' Championship, a point ahead of Ferrari and two ahead of McLaren-Mercedes. Despite its theoretical advantages, the BT55 proved uncompetitive, suffering from poor traction and numerous mechanical failures caused by oil scavenge problems in the tilted engine. This greatly annoyed Kubica, (who was leading the championship after the Canadian Grand Prix), as he felt they could have had a realistic chance of taking at least one title. The BMW Sauber F1.08 was the Formula One racing car used by the BMW Sauber team during the 2008 Formula One season. Combined with the global financial recession and the company's frustration about the limitations of the contemporary technical regulations in developing technology relevant to road cars, BMW chose to withdraw from the sport, selling the team back to its founder, Peter Sauber. The team / constructor section provides the all time F1 points for the selected point scoring system. [18] The Formula One Teams Association released a statement in response pledging its support to help the team remain in F1. It made its track debut at Valencia the next day, with Robert Kubica driving. [3] The BT50 made a solitary race weekend appearance at the 1981 British Grand Prix, where Piquet set a qualifying time 0.7 seconds slower than his effort in the Cosworth DFV-powered BT49. Villeneuve scored the team's first points with a seventh-place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix, after Heidfeld retired from fifth with an engine failure late in the race. The team ended 2006 with 36 points and 5th in the constructor's standings. In 1998, the marque signed a contract to supply the Williams team with engines. The FW23 chassis also lacked the ultimate downforce to compete with the Ferrari and McLaren drivers at every circuit, although it was the class of the field at "power circuits" such as Hockenheim and Monza. Former car chief, Sergio Bonagura, came up with the idea in late 2009. Schumacher scored a podium finish in the engine's first race, and added two more during the course of the season. BMW has been involved in Formula One in a number of capacities since the inauguration of the World Drivers' Championship in 1950. BMW Sauber F1.06 je Formula 1 automobil dizajniran od strane Willy Rampf za BMW Sauber da se natječu u Formula 1 - sezona 2006. | FIA Results and Statistics To će biti vođen Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica i Sebastian Vettel.. Tehnički podaci. Kubica took second in Malaysia, with Heidfeld in 6th setting the fastest lap of the race. This was followed by a second place in 2007 after the McLaren team had been excluded from the championship. † BMW engine re-badged as Megatron in 1987 and 1988. BMW's fortunes suddenly improved, however, at the next race in Canada, where the cool conditions suited the turbocharged engines and allowed Piquet to lead home Patrese (still in the BT49), to record BMW's first Formula One victory. BMW Sauber F1 Team: 17: VILLENEUVE Jacques: BMW P86 V8: Michelin: 11: ab: Engine: 2006: Bahrain: BMW Sauber F1 Team: 38: KUBICA Robert: BMW P86 V8: Michelin : t: Third driver: 2: 2006: Malaysia: BMW Sauber F1 Team: 16: HEIDFELD Nick: BMW P86 V8: Michelin: 11: ab: Engine: 2006: Malaysia: BMW Sauber F1 Team: 17: VILLENEUVE Jacques: BMW P86 V8: Michelin: 10: 7 : 2006: Malaysia: BMW Sauber F1 Team: 38: KUBICA Robert: BMW … [4] In 1979 and 1980, BMW provided a fleet of identical M1 cars for Formula One and other professional drivers to race in the BMW M1 Procar Championship, the rounds of which were held during Grand Prix race weekends, thus strengthening the marque's ties with the sport. BMW's E41 engine was ready to compete in the 2000 season, fitted in the FW22 and driven by Ralf Schumacher and Jenson Button. At the Bahrain Grand Prix Kubica took pole, just 0.027 seconds ahead of Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. The BMW engine's competitiveness was shown by the fact that Piquet retired from the lead of the British, French and German Grands Prix, whilst Patrese likewise retired from the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Both drivers also raced the BT49 at the Long Beach Grand Prix, and the team boycotted the San Marino Grand Prix as part of the ongoing FISA–FOCA war. Team principal Mario Theissen set the target of the team's first win. Valencia, 20th January 2009. Heidfeld had the duty of testing the F1.08 whilst teammate Kubica drove the F1.07B for the duration of the three-day test with the exception of the first day where Heidfeld drove the F1.07B. 36. The first track outing of the F1.08 was given to Robert Kubica. Videos you watch may be added to the TV's watch history and influence TV recommendations. Longitudinally mounted, carbon-fibre clutch (AP) Weight: 605 kg (1,334 lb) (including driver) Fuel: Petronas: Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza OZ Wheels Front & Rear: Competition history; Notable entrants: BMW Sauber F1 Team: Notable drivers: 3. The car was still unreliable, though, restricting Piquet and Patrese to just four further finishes before the end of the season. The team's points total of 11 was their largest score up to that time. For the 2006 season, BMW Sauber signed Nick Heidfeld from Williams to be the lead driver, while 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve had his existing two-year contract with Sauber honoured. For 1989, the technical regulations were changed to ban turbocharged engines, outlawing the M12/13 engine. The top running cars pitted in under safety car, Kubica and Räikkönen stopped at the end of the pit lane, both leading Hamilton out of the pits, only for a red light to be on, Räikkönen and Kubica stopped, but only for Hamilton to crash into the rear of Räikkönen, with Rosberg crashing into the rear of Hamilton. There are many well-known renowned owners within the racing franchise. The company entered occasional races in the 1950s and 1960s (often under Formula Two regulations), before building the BMW M12/13 inline-four turbocharged engine in the 1980s. However, he ultimately fell short, as did the team in the Constructors' Championship, as although the FW25 was often the car to beat in the second half of the season, it took too much time to reach this point. At Barcelona, Kubica finished 4th, whilst Heidfeld finished out of the points in 9th. A "B"-spec version of the F1.08 was used to evaluate 2009 aerodynamics, slick tyres and a prototype Kinetic Energy Recovery System. ATS again failed to score with either Winkelhock or Gerhard Berger, and withdrew from the sport at the end of the season. The team also tested 'antlers'; vertical fins on the nosecone of the F1.08 in testing. On 19 October 2006, BMW announced that Robert Kubica would partner Nick Heidfeld for the 2007 Formula One season with Sebastian Vettel taking the test and reserve driver role. The team scored a total of 36 points to finish fifth in the Constructors' Championship, an improvement on Sauber's eighth position with 20 points in 2005. Timo Glock was later signed as the team's second test driver. The programme resulted in the creation of a new V10 engine which made its race début in the Williams FW22 in 2000. May 3, 2019 admin_f1 0 Comments. Kubica was running in 3rd place in the opening round when he collided with Vettel while battling for 2nd place and was forced to retire. In the early races of the season, Heidfeld and Kubica scored a series of points finishes and established BMW Sauber as the third-fastest team, behind Ferrari and McLaren. De C29 werd op 31 januari 2010 onthuld op het Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.Door het ontbreken van sponsors kwam het team voor de dag met een voornamelijk witte wagen, met daarop uitsluitend de namen van de coureurs. În cele patru sezoane petrecute în F1, echipa a reușit o singură victorie, un pole position și 17 podiumuri. BMW bought Swiss team Sauber in June 2005 to form the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Neerpasch had arranged the sale of Rosche's M12/13 engine to Talbot, but Rosche and Neerpasch's successor, Dieter Stappert, successfully protested to their board that such an undertaking deserved full works commitment, particularly as the fact that M12/13 was derived from a production road car engine meant that potential success could be extremely valuable to BMW from a marketing and sales point of view. [15] Vettel took his place in the United States Grand Prix, finishing in eighth place and therefore becoming the youngest driver to score a Formula One World Championship point. The FIA implemented a set of rules for the 2008 season that saw all teams use one gearbox for four races and a standard McLaren Electronic Systems ECU that prevents the use of driving aids such as traction control and engine braking. Kubica retired from fourth place with a gearbox problem, but Heidfeld took over the position and held it to the end of the race. [3] The engine was based on the M10 unit, a four-cylinder, 1.5-litre, normally aspirated engine that had originally been designed in the late 1950s. After the successful start of the 2008 season, the BMW Sauber team enjoyed being a strong performer at the front of the grid. [11] Technical director Willy Rampf played down rumors of a lack of speed[12] and confirmed that the car would be running in a revised form at the Barcelona test on 1 to 3 February 2008. Following a poor 2009 season, BMW withdrew from Formula One and sold the team back to founder Peter Sauber. None of the team's three drivers—Mark Webber, Nick Heidfeld and Antônio Pizzonia—were able to win a race; the team's best result was a double podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix. The BMW Sauber team enjoyed a successful start to the 2008 season with Nick Heidfeld finishing second in Melbourne, 5.4 seconds behind the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton. However, O2 was replaced by T-Systems,[5] and Cadence Design Systems[6] also became an official equipment supplier. At the same time, Jochen Neerpasch oversaw the development by Paul Rosche of a prototype 1.4-litre turbo engine, which soon developed 600 bhp at a pressure of 2.8 bar. The second Brabham was filled in most races by Teo Fabi, who attempted to compete in a full season of IndyCars, but committed to F1 full-time part-way through the year. [14] The radically different appearance of the hybrid chassis compared to the status quo attracted attention, with BMW Sauber test driver Christian Klien describing it as "the worst [looking] Formula One car I have ever seen".