Quote Originally Posted by Rollo View Post
Sauber had won Le Mans, The World Sportscar Championship for both Drivers and Constructors in 1989 and 1990.
C9 - 1989
C11 - 1990
Mercedes-Benz proper took over the team but wasn't successful. C12 was Sauber's F1 car in 1993



Er... Mercedes counts as a new team even though it acquired Brawn. Black Lotus was Renault in 2010. BAR was the same team as Tyrell except without Ken Tyrell... maybe BAR counts?
Hey so what happened to the C10?

Well Sauber were a new team to F1 even though they were from sportscars, just as Toyota came from rallying and Pacific and Forti had been race and title winners in F3000.

I was never sure about BAR. I know they bought Tyrrell, but I remember as a young new fan to F1 at the time, they seemed like a new team, especially since they had built a whole new base in Brackley (now the Mercedes team!). I always thought it was more like they bought the assets of Tyrrell for their own new entry... but I dunno.

Just as I side note, I remember that Paul Stoddart bought all the rest of Tyrrell that BAR didn't want, and would have put the resources to use (somehow) at Minardi. Then he bought the 2002 Arrows chassis, incorporating the good parts and ideas of it into Minardi's 2004 car. I'm not sure how that chassis then ended up at Super Aguri - quite a journey it's had I must say.