Bojan Vrbnjak
Race on the track Istanbul Park this weekend for Clean it will not be like any other. Because the team from Hinwil, which bears its name today Alfa Romeo, will celebrate its 500th performance in Formula 1 races.
Clean made his debut years ago 1993 on the race GP of South Africa v Kyalami, between 2006 and 2010 they acted as BMW Sauber, and from 2019 as Alfa Romeo. It's in Formula 1 Sauber is the fourth oldest active team (behind Ferrari, McLarn and Williams), and in terms of racing appearances, they are The Swiss by own count on fifth place. It's the first Ferrari with 1004 races, McLaren has 876, Williams 757 in Lotus 606.
The surplus is the team Clean experienced a double victory in the race Canadian GP leta 2008, of Robert Kubico in Nick Heidfeld. The best result of the construction championship was achieved in years 2007when others were. Robert Kubica is in Bahrain leta 2008 won the only one pole position Sauber. Eight racers of the team were in the lead of the race during this time, five times the Sauber racer drove the fastest lap of the race. In the past 499 races the Sauber race cars won 27 podium finishes in 270 ranking among point winners. Nick Heidfeld drove the most races for Sauber (125).
The current team boss Frederic Vasseur said on the occasion of the jubilee: “The 500th race is an important milestone for this team, proof of a rich legacy. Sauber has proven that an independent team can prove itself in the royal class of motorsport.”In Kimi Raikkonen added: “Everyone knows I’m not interested in numbers. However, I think this brand is beautiful because it says a lot about the people who have been working in Hinwil for many years."
