The Sauber C29 (also known as BMW Sauber C29) was a

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which was used by the BMW Sauber F1 Team in the

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. It was unveiled on January 31, at

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. This was the first Sauber Formula One car that uses fully fledged Ferrari engines since the

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-badged C24 in 2005.

Design

The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf,

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and Seamus Mullarkey with the car being powered with a customer

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engine. In

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, Sauber announced plans to run their car with an F-duct system, similar to the version used on the

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, in the free practice sessions.

Racing history

Kamui Kobayashi pursuing Nick Heidfeld 2010 Japan

In the early part of the season, the car demonstrated very poor reliability and it was not until the seventh round of the year that the team scored a point with

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taking 10th in

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. In the second half of the year, the car gradually improved to a very respectable level and the team finished the season with 44 points, taking eighth in the Constructors' Championship.

Sponsorship and livery

With a lack of main sponsors, the C29 sported the team's colours and the drivers' names and flags during its launch and first test. In the third test session they moved the names and wrote the message "See you in Bahrain March 12–14" on the car's engine cover. At the start of 2010, the car had no sponsors, only the driver's name and nationality on the bodywork. As the year progressed, the team gained sponsors, including

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, Mad-Croc Energy Drink, スカルプ D ("Scalp D"), Takata,

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and Converse.

Complete Formula One results

( key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

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