Sauber C9 - Wikipedia
The C9 was a development of Sauber's previous C8 design, retaining a monocoque that largely consisted of aluminium, although considerably stiffer and with numerous other improvements.
Sauber-Mercedes C9: Blending Heritage and Innovation in Racing
Oct 14, 2024 · The ‘new’ livery for the Sauber-Mercedes C9 Group C design tipped its hat to the glorious past of a manufacturer returning to motor sport after a long hiatus. And it also paved the way for an equally bright future that comes right up to the present day with the line of championship-winning F1 hybrids.
Here's All The Modern Tech Hiding In A 800 HP 1989 Sauber ... - Jalopnik
Aug 30, 2019 · The Mercedes-powered Sauber C9 is a legend in endurance racing, taking the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans overall win and sounding like the Earth being torn apart by two wolverines.
How the Sauber-Mercedes C9 took the racing world by storm
Jul 24, 2020 · A soap bar-shaped, earthquake-inducing Silver Arrow which obliterated the opposition during the 1989 World Sportscar Championship, the C9 – built in collaboration with the small Swiss Sauber team – was the car that put Mercedes firmly back on the motorsport map.
1989 Sauber-Mercedes C9 - arguably the greatest Group C car …
Following the promise of Sauber's Mercedes-Benz-powered C8 design from the 1986 season, the German car giant decided that it was the right opportunity to join the Group C ranks as a semi-works team for the 1987 World Sportscar Championship.
Mercedes' glorious return to racing with the Sauber C9
Feb 4, 2020 · Sauber’s team might have been a minnow of the sports car world at that time, but he had a receptive response from Mercedes, where a group of motor sport-minded road car engineers had already taken a close look at the Group C regs.
The Sauber-Mercedes C9 Is One Of The Most Gorgeous And …
Mar 18, 2020 · We’ve got a big soft spot for the Sauber-Mercedes C9. Its development story is fascinating, its podium ratio is quite good, and it just looks beautiful. The small, bi-turbo V8 beast was the most successful cars of the 1989 Group C racing season, winning eight races, including Le …
1989: The Silver Arrow's triumphant return to Le Mans - Road & Track
May 7, 2014 · In 1989, after a 34-year break from racing at Le Mans, Mercedes-Benz came back with the Sauber C9 and won the race its first time out. Not bad.
Car Of The Day: 1987 Sauber Mercedes C9 - Sports Car Digest
Mar 12, 2023 · It was developed from a series of Le Mans Prototypes by Peter Sauber. The underpinnings of the C9 were an all-aluminum monocoque with a rear steel subframe for the Mercedes-Benz engine.
MOTOR archive 2009: We strap into the legendary Sauber-Mercedes C9
The C9 is the progeny of the Group C Sportscar partnership between Peter Sauber’s successful Swiss-based Sauber engineering firm and Mercedes-Benz. The program initially saw Mercedes-supplied engines fitted to Swiss-designed cars, run under the Sauber banner.
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