Sauber announces 2019 car launch date
- Farhan Khurram
- Jan 22, 2019
- 2 min read
Sauber on Tuesday, announced the launch date of its challenger for the 2019 F1 season. The Sauber C38 will be revealed to the masses on February 18th, 2019; at the beginning of the winter testing in Barcelona.
The team announced the launch date on its Twitter handle. The tweet read, "Frame the date. The future revealed."
Kimi Raikkonen will be returning to Sauber after more than a decade. It was Sauber that the ace Finn made his F1 debut with, back in 2001. Italian driver, Antonio Giovinazzi will be resuming his duties as an F1 driver, with a full time role with Sauber for 2019.
Sauber partnered with the Italian giant, Alfa Romeo at the beginning of the last season. Alfa is currently the title sponsor of the Swiss team.
It is worth mentioning that after joining forces with Alfa Romeo and signing up the highly talented, Charles Leclerc, Sauber made huge progress in 2018 and finished the season on a strong note with the Monegasque, often finishing within the points.
The Swiss outfit will now be looking forward to capitalize on its 2018 performance, with the return of the heavily experienced and former world champion, Kimi Raikkonen.
So far, only 5 teams have announced their 2019 car launch dates. Renault will be the first team to pull the covers off its car on February 12th. The official winter testing is dated to begin on February 18th at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. Following are all the launch dates so far.
2019 car launch dates so far:
February 12th | Renault
February 13th | Racing Point
February 14th | McLaren
February 15th | Ferrari
February 18th | Sauber
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