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6 units built, 2 converted from Sauber C9
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M119 HL, V8 (90o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
4973cc, 96.5 x 85.0 mm
8.5:1
light alloy block and head
720 bhp / 537 KW @ 7000 rpm
810 Nm / 597 ft lbs @ 3500 rpm
DOHC, 4 valves / cylinder - 32 valves total
aspiration: 2 x KKK Turbochargers with Bosch Motronic MP 2.7 multipoint electronic Fuel Injection
turbo pressure: 1.2 bar
firing order 1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2
dry sump
Hewland VGV based 6 speed gearbox
triple plate ceramic clutch
aluminium monocoque chassis with 1.2-2mm sheet thickness, carbon aramide body panels
front suspension: Double wishbones, coil springs over shock absorbers, torsion bar stabilizer
rear suspension: Double wishbones, push-rod operated coil springs over shock absorbers, torsion bar stabilizer
rack and pinion
brakes: ventilated steel or Reinforced carbon–carbon disks all around
Michelin 13" × 17"/14,5" × 19"
Good-Year 13" × 17"/14,5" × 18
length 4800 mm
width 1980 mm
height 1070 mm
wheelbase 2700 mm
900kg
fuel tank, 100 lt
Results in WSCC
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||||
| Jerez | Jarama | Monza | Silver stone | Le Man | Brno | Brands Hatch | Nurbur | Spa | Fuji | Sandown | |
| Team | 800km | 360km | 1000km | 1000km | 24h | 360km | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 360km |
| Team Sauber Mercedes, 87-C9-01 | #61T, spare car | #61, acci dent in practice | #61T, spare car | #61T, spare car | #61T, spare car | #62, 2nd | |||||
| Team Sauber Mercedes, 87-C9-02 | #61, 1st | #61T, 2nd | #61, 2nd | #61, 2nd | #61, with drawn | #62, 1st | #62, acci dent | #62, brakes | |||
| Team Sauber Mercedes, 88-C9-03 | #62, 3rd | #62, with drawn | #61, 4th | #61, 3rd | #61, 1st | #61, 3rd | #61, 5th | #61, 1st | |||
| Team Sauber Mercedes, 88-C9-04 | #62, acci dent | #62, 1st | |||||||||
| Total points 123 |
10 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 19 | |
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 20/14 | 1/1 | 2/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 2/0 | 2/2 | 2/1 | 2/1 | 2/2 | 2/1 | 2/2 |
| Driver | Team entries and car number | ||||||||||
| Team Sauber Mercedes | |||||||||||
| Jean-Louis Schlesser | 61, 61T | 61, 61T | 61, 61T | 61, 61T | 62 | 61, 62 | 61, 62 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
| Mauro Baldi | 61, 61T | 61, 61T | 61, 61T | 62 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
| Jochen Mass | 61, 61T | 61, 61T | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | |
| James Weaver | 62 | 61 | 61 | ||||||||
| Klaus Niedzwiedz | 62 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Acheson | 62 | 61 | |||||||||
| Stefan Johansson | 62 | 62 | 62 | ||||||||
| Philippe Streiff | 62 | ||||||||||
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