Sauber C3

{{Short description|Racing car}} {{Infobox racing car | Car_name = Sauber C3<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://auta5p.eu/lang/en/katalog/auto.php?idf=Sauber-C3-Ford-25551|title=Sauber C3 Ford, 1973 [Auta5P ID:25551 EN]|website=auta5p.eu|access-date=2022-06-17|archive-date=2020-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230070025/https://auta5p.eu/lang/en/katalog/auto.php?idf=Sauber-C3-Ford-25551|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/106336/1973-sauber-c3#:~:text=The%20C3%20chassis%20was%20the,mated%20with%20a%20Hewland%20FGA400.|title=1973 Sauber C3 - SOLD|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118031258/https://www.racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/106336/1973-sauber-c3#:~:text=The%20C3%20chassis%20was%20the,mated%20with%20a%20Hewland%20FGA400.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/Sauber/C3.html|title=Sauber C3|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618200642/https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/Sauber/C3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | Constructor = [[Sauber]] | Predecessor = [[Sauber C2]] | Successor = [[Sauber C4]] | Designer = [[Peter Sauber]]<br>Guy Boisson | Chassis = [[Space frame#Cars|Tubular spaceframe]] | Engine name = [[Cosworth BDG]], {{convert|2.0|L|cuin|1|abbr=on}}, [[Straight-four engine|L4]], [[DOHC]], [[Naturally-aspirated engine|NA]] | Power = {{convert|280|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} | Gearbox name = [[Hewland]] FGA 400 5-speed [[manual transmission|manual]] | Weight = {{convert|660|kg|lb||abbr=on}} | Front suspension = [[Wishbone suspension|Double wishbones]], [[coil spring]]s over [[Shock absorber|dampers]], [[anti-roll bar]] | Rear suspension = [[Suspension link|Twin lower links]], [[Suspension link|Single top links]], [[Trailing-arm suspension|twin trailing arms]], [[Coil spring]]s over [[Shock absorber|Dampers]], [[Anti-roll bar]] | Debut = 1973 | Wins = 1 | Podiums = 7 | Poles = 1 | image = Sauber C3.jpg }} [[File:Sauber C3 rear.jpg|thumb|Sauber C3 rear]] The '''Sauber C3''' was the third [[sports prototype]] racing car that Swiss [[Peter Sauber]] designed and developed. It was built in 1973. It scored one race win, seven podium finishes, clinched one pole position, and achieved three additional wins in its class. It was powered by a [[naturally aspirated]] {{cvt|2.0|L|cuin}} [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth BDG]] [[Straight-four engine|four-cylinder engine]], developing {{cvt|280|hp|kW}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/peter-sauber-vom-c1-zum-c22|title=Peter Sauber: Vom C1 zum C22|website=Handelszeitung|access-date=2022-06-17|archive-date=2020-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716205537/https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/peter-sauber-vom-c1-zum-c22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sauber-group.com/corporate/history/|title=History and Heritage|access-date=2022-06-17|archive-date=2022-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412022038/https://www.sauber-group.com/corporate/history/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/40-years-of-sauber-motorsport/|title=40 years of Sauber Motorsport|first=Racecar|last=Engineering|date=July 19, 2010|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-date=June 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618200643/https://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/40-years-of-sauber-motorsport/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historicracingtechnology.com/2020/05/saubers-half-centenary/|title=Sauber's half centenary|date=May 11, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331063632/https://www.historicracingtechnology.com/2020/05/saubers-half-centenary/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3udeBwAAQBAJ&dq=sauber+c1&pg=PT183|title=The Fastest Show on Earth: The Mammoth Book of Formula 1|date=September 3, 2015|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=9781472110527 |via=Google Books|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-date=June 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618200642/https://books.google.com/books?id=3udeBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT183&lpg=PT183&dq=sauber+c1&source=bl&ots=UTtWfqT6IL&sig=ACfU3U3jRQY9cfuNLoF-O3EVTO7CyLRjZg&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=sauber+c1&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=7630|title=Peter Sauber biography|website=www.historicracing.com|access-date=2022-06-17|archive-date=2022-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618200655/https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=7630|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kunalsf1blog.com/peter-sauber-50-years-motorsport/|title=Peter Sauber Interview On 50 Years In Motorsport|first=Kunal|last=Shah|date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625024621/https://www.kunalsf1blog.com/peter-sauber-50-years-motorsport/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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