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5 units built
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M-291, Flat 12 (180o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
3492cc, 86.0 x 50.1mm
560-650 hp at 13000 rpm
400 Nm at 9000 rpm
8 main bearings with central power take-off
Light alloy monoblock with Nicasil coated bores, cast aluminium alloy cylinderheads
aspiration, natural with Mercedes-Benz TAGtronic multipoint electronic fuel injection
2 spark plugs per cylinders, firing order 1-10-5-7-3-11-6-9-2-12-4-8
6-speed manual gearbox with Sequential semi-automatic shift, shift lever at right
35 gear ratios depending on race
rear LSD differential, transversally mounted in front of rear axle
final drive 3.529 or 4.133
Triple-disc carbon-fiber clutch
Carbon fiber monocoque chassis with integrated roll cage
Front wheel suspension, Double wishbone, coil springs/pressurized shock absorbers (operated by pull rods), torsion bar stabilizer
Rear wheel suspension, Double wishbone, coil springs/pressurized shock absorbers (diagonal/transversal, operated by push rods), stabilizer
f/r Internally ventilated disc brakes, 4-piston caliper
Length 4650 mm
Height 1020 mm
Wheelbase 2700 mm
Front track 1600 mm
Rear track 1550 mm
front tires, 25.5/12 x 17 Goodyear
rear tires, 28.5/14.5 x 18 Goodyear
Results in WSCC
Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||||
Suzuka | Monza | Silver stone | Le Mans | Nurb | Magny Cour | Mexico | Auto polis | ||||
Team | 430km | 430km | 430km | 24h | 430km | 430km | 430km | 430km | |||
Team Sauber Mercedes, C291-02 | #2, fire | #2, eng ine | #2, 2nd | #2T, water leak | |||||||
Team Sauber Mercedes, C291-03 | #2, with drawn | #2T, eng ine | #2, eng ine in practice | #1T, spare car | #1T, 5th | ||||||
Team Sauber Mercedes, C291-04 | #2, spare car | #2, oil pump | #2, 1st | ||||||||
Team Sauber Mercedes, C291-05 | #1, gear box | #1, throttle linkage | #1, elec trics | #1, misfire in practice | |||||||
Total points 25 |
9 | 16 | |||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||
Works Starts/finishes 14/3 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 3/0 | 2/0 | 3/2 | |||
Driver | Team entries and car number | ||||||||||
Team Sauber Mercedes | |||||||||||
Karl Wendlinger | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2, 2T | 2, 2T | 2 | 2 | |||
Michael Schumacher | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2, 2T | 2, 2T | 2 | 2 | |||
Fritz Kreutzpointner | 2 | ||||||||||
Jean-Louis Schlesser | 1 | 1 | 1, 1T | 1, 1T | |||||||
Jochen Mass | 1 | 1 | 1, 1T | 1, 1T |





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