The Sauber C31 was a Formula One racing car built by Sauber for the 2012 Formula One Season. Driven by Mexican, Sergio Pérez and Japanese driver, Kamui Kobayashi, the car delivered 4 podium finishes from 20 races. This unexpected pace took Pérez to the three podiums which helped secure a move to McLaren, and took Kobayashi to third place in the Japanese Grand Prix - the first podium for a Japanese driver in 22 years at the circuit.
Complete Formula One Results
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 Kobayashi |
P | 6th | Ret | 10th | 13th | 5th | Ret | 9th | Ret | 11th | 4th | 18th | 13th | 9th | 13th | 3rd | Ret | 14th | 6th | 14th | 9th | |
 Pérez |
8th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | Ret | 11th | 3rd | 9th | Ret | 6th | 14th | Ret | 2nd | 10th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 15th | 11th | Ret | ||
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| Former drivers Bottas · Ericsson · Leclerc · Wehrlein · Nasr · Hülkenberg · Pérez · Kobayashi · Kubica · Heidfeld · Räikkönen · Zhou · more | ||
| Former Personnel Frédéric Vasseur · Pascal Picci · Alex Sauber · Eric Gandelin · Timothée Guerin · Axel Kruse · Beat Zehnder | ||
| Engine Suppliers Ilmor (1993) · Mercedes (1994) · Ford (1995-96) · Petronas (1997-2005) · Ferrari (2010-2018) | ||
| Cars C12 · C13 · C14 · C15 · C16 · C17 · C18 · C19 · C20 · C21 · C22 · C23 · C24 · F1.06 · F1.07 · F1.08 · F1.09 · C29 · C30 · C31 · C32 · C33 · C34 · C35 · C36 · C37 · C44 | ||
| See also BMW Sauber · Alfa Romeo | ||
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