Home Car Interactive Pit Shop Race Club Press
Current: GP Brazil   Nick Heidfeld   Robert Kubica 

BMW Sauber F1.08. Factsheet.


Factsheet.
Chassis: carbon-fibre monocoque
Suspension: Oupper and lower wishbones (front and rear), inboard springs and dampers, actuated by pushrods (Sachs Race Engineering)
Brakes: six-piston brake callipers (Brembo), carbon pads and discs (Brembo, Carbone Industrie)
Transmission: 7-speed quick shift gearbox, longitudinally mounted, carbon-fibre clutch (AP) (AP)
Chassis electronics: MES
Steering wheel: BMW Sauber F1 Team
Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza
Wheels: OZ
Length: 4,600 mm
Width: 1,800 mm
Height: 1,000 mm
Track width, front: 1,470 mm
Track width, rear: 1,410 mm
Wheelbase: 3,130 mm
Weight: 605 kg (incl. driver, tank empty)
BMW P86/8: normally aspirated V8 engine
Bank angle: 90 degrees
Displacement: 2,400 ccm
Valves: four per cylinder
Valve train: pneumatic
Engine block: aluminium
Cylinder head: aluminium
Crankshaft: steel
Oil system: dry sump lubrication
Engine management: standard ECU (MES)
Spark plugs: NGK
Pistons: aluminium
Connecting rods: titanium
Weight: 95 kg
Maximum engine speed: 19,000 rpm