A growing array of F1 teams have been developing young driver programs over the ... of Esteban Gutierrez – pictured right, with Peter Sauber – as its test and reserve driver for next season.

Peter Sauber has long been rumored to be courting Volkswagen for a supply of engines, which would likely carry an Audi badge, to bring the German manufacturer to compete with rivals Mercedes-Benz ...

At the end of that era, founder Peter Sauber repurchased the stake that belonged to BMW, and took his crew independent again. And independent has been how Sauber's largely remained ever since.