Sauber Academy

The Sauber Academy, formerly known as the Sauber Junior Team, is a driver development programme by Sauber Motorsport to support drivers from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team.^[1]

Sauber Academy

Founded	2019; 6 years ago (2019) (as Sauber Junior Team)
Base	Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland
Team principal(s)	Beat Zehnder
Current drivers	F1 Academy Emma Felbermayr
Website	https://www.sauber-group.com/academy?d=Corporate

In November 2018, Sauber entered a partnership with Czech team Charouz Racing System to form the Sauber Junior Team, followed by the creation of a karting team in March 2019.^[2][3] After 2019 Sauber parted ways with Charouz and rebranded the programme as the Sauber Academy.^[4][5] A formerly existing Sauber's Karting Team, aligned with Kart Republic, also entailed various drivers.

In December 2024, Sauber Academy announced that their full complement of drivers (Théo Pourchaire, Carrie Schreiner and Zane Maloney) would graduate at the end of the year, with Schreiner becoming a Team Brand Ambassador.^[6]

Current drivers

Driver	Years	Current series	Titles as Sauber Academy member
Emma Felbermayr[7]	2025–	F1 Academy F4 Spanish Championship	none as Sauber Academy member

Former drivers

Driver	Years	Series that driver competed as Sauber Junior
Callum Ilott[note 1]	2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019)
Lirim Zendeli	2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Fabio Scherer	2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Raoul Hyman	2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Arthur Leclerc	2019	ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Roman Staněk	2019	ADAC Formula 4 (2019) Italian F4 Championship (2019)
Alessandro Ghiretti	2019	ADAC Formula 4 (2019)
Stuart White	2019	French F4 Championship (2019)
Joshua Dufek	2019	Karting (2019)
Christian Ho	2019–2021	Karting (2019–2021)
Dexter Patterson[8]	2019–2021	Karting (2019) Italian F4 Championship (2020)
Juan Manuel Correa[9]	2019, 2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021)
Théo Pourchaire[10][11]	2019–2024	ADAC Formula 4 (2019) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2020) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2023) Super Formula (2024) IndyCar Series (2024)
Petr Ptáček	2020	Formula Renault Eurocup (2020)
Harry Thompson[12]	2020	Karting (2020)
Piotr Czaja	2020	Karting (2020)
Ugo Ugochukwu[13]	2020–2021	Karting (2020–2021)
Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.[14]	2020–2021	Karting (2020) F4 Danish Championship (2021)
Tiziano Monza[15]	2020–2021	Karting (2020–2021)
Miguel Costa[16][17]	2020–2023	Karting – OKJ (2020–2023)
Sonny Smith[18]	2021	Karting – OKJ (2021)
Maciej Gładysz[19]	2021	Karting – OKJ (2021)
Gustaw Wiśniewski[19]	2021	Karting – OKJ (2021)
Zachary David[20]	2021–2022	Karting – OK (2021–2022)
Roberto Faria[21]	2022	GB3 Championship (2022)
Taym Saleh[22]	2023-2024	Karting – OK (2021–2022)
Marcus Amand[22]	2023	Formula Regional European Championship (2023)
Léna Bühler	2023–2024	Formula 4 UAE Championship (2023) F1 Academy (2023) Formula Regional European Championship (2024)
Zane Maloney[23]	2024	FIA Formula 2 Championship (2024)
Carrie Schreiner[24]	2024	Formula 4 UAE Championship (2024) Formula Winter Series (2024) F1 Academy (2024) F4 British Championship (2024) Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (2024)

Sauber Affiliate drivers

Driver	Years	Series that driver competed as Sauber Affiliate
Simona de Silvestro[25]	2014	None

Notes

1. In 2019 Ilott was part of both the Sauber Junior Team and the Ferrari Driver Academy.

References

1. "Théo Pourchaire and Roberto Faria fly the flag for Sauber Academy". 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
2. "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
3. Mitchell, Scott (29 March 2019). "Sauber launches kart team with ex-Rosberg/Hamilton boss". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
4. Wood, Elliot (24 June 2020). "Sauber relaunches its F1 junior programme with four drivers". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
5. Wood, Elliot (29 January 2020). "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". FormulaScout. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
6. https://www.sauber-group.com/corporate/news/detail/test-32
7. Zambarloukos, Alexander (17 December 2024). "Für eine 17-jährige Welserin lebt der Traum von der Formel 1". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
8. Wood, Ida (26 October 2021). "Patterson reunites with Monolite for second FREC appearance at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
9. "Comeback to greater things: Juan Manuel Correa joins Sauber Academy". Sauber Group. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
10. Cleeren, Filip (24 June 2024). "Sauber F1 team looking to find Pourchaire a new IndyCar seat". Motorsport. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
11. Wood, Ida (18 December 2024). "Sauber confirms departure of F1 reserve drivers Pourchaire and Maloney". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
12. "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
13. Scout, Formula (22 July 2021). "Five young drivers Alfa Romeo should support in its Stellantis era". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
14. "Sauber junior Emmo Fittipaldi to make car racing debut in Danish F4". 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
15. "Tiziano Monza – Mini Driver". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
16. "Karters Harry Thompson and Miguel Costa become Sauber juniors". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
17. Wood, Ida (5 November 2024). "Miguel Costa steps up from karting to cars with Campos in Spanish F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
18. "New F1 juniors join grid for 2021 karting season opener in Italy". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
19. "Sauber's karting team welcomes Maciej Gladysz and Gustaw Wisniewski". 2 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
20. "David Zachary joins the Sauber Karting Team". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
21. Allen, Peter (16 March 2022). "Roberto Faria joins Theo Pourchaire in Sauber Academy". Formula Scout. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
22. "Raising the champions of the future: Sauber Academy announces 2023 line-up". Sauber. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
23. "Zane Maloney joins Sauber Academy and Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber as Reserve Driver". Formula 2. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
24. "Schreiner to represent Sauber Academy in F1 Academy for 2024". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
25. "Sauber hire IndyCar driver Simona de Silvestro to prepare her for F1". The Guardian. 14 February 2014.

External links

• Official website