The Mercedes-Benz FO engine series (badged as a ''Sauber'' engine in 1993) is a family of

naturally-aspirated A naturally aspirated engine, also known as a normally aspirated engine, and abbreviated to N/A or NA, is an internal combustion engine in which air intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure and does not have forced induction through a turboc ...

V8 and V10 racing engines, designed, developed and produced by Mercedes, in partnership and collaboration with

Ilmor Ilmor is a British independent high-performance auto racing, motor racing engineering company. It was founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan (engineer), Paul Morgan in November 1983. With manufacturing based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and ...

, for

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

, and used between and . Over years of development, engine power managed to increase, from 690 @ 15,600 rpm, to later 930 hp @ 19,000 rpm. The customer engines were used by

Sauber Sauber Motorsport AG, currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who pro ...

McLaren McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...

Brawn GP Brawn GP was a Formula One constructor which competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team was formed in 2009 by a management buyout led by Ross Brawn of the Honda Racing F1 T ...

, and

Force India Force India Formula One Team Limited, commonly known as Force India and later Sahara Force India, was a Formula One racing team and constructor based in Silverstone, United Kingdom, with an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 200 ...

List of Formula One engines

Applications

* Sauber C12 * Sauber C13 * McLaren MP4/10 * McLaren MP4/11 * McLaren MP4/12 * McLaren MP4/13 * McLaren MP4/14 * McLaren MP4/15 * McLaren MP4-16 * McLaren MP4-17 * McLaren MP4-18 *

McLaren MP4-19 The McLaren MP4-19 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 2004 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Briton David Coulthard and Finn Kimi Räikkönen, in their ninth and third seasons with the team respectivel ...

* McLaren MP4-20 * McLaren MP4-21 * McLaren MP4-22 * McLaren MP4-23 *

McLaren MP4-24 The McLaren MP4-24 is a Formula One racing car used by McLaren-Mercedes during the 2009 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Pat Fry, Andrew Bailey and Simon Lacey with Mario Illien designing the besp ...

McLaren MP4-25 The McLaren MP4-25 is a Formula One racing car designed and raced by McLaren in the season. The chassis was designed by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Tim Goss, Andrew Bailey and John Iley and was powered by a customer Mercedes-Benz engine. The ...

* McLaren MP4-26 * McLaren MP4-27 * McLaren MP4-28 * Brawn BGP 001 * Force India VJM02 * Force India VJM03 * Force India VJM04 * Force India VJM05 * Force India VJM06 * Mercedes MGP W01 * Mercedes MGP W02 *

Mercedes F1 W03 The Mercedes F1 W03 is a Formula One racing car designed by Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team for use in the 2012 Formula One season. The car was driven by seven time World Drivers' Champion Michael Schumacher, in his final year of his F1 c ...

* Mercedes F1 W04

Mercedes-Benz FO engine World Championship results

*2 World Constructors' Championships. *4 World Drivers' Championships. *87 race wins. *76

pole positions In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the ra ...

. *260 podium finishes.

References

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List of Formula One engines

Applications

Mercedes-Benz FO engine World Championship results

See also

References