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Peter sauber biography
Peter Sauber
Swiss motorsport team owner
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| Born | () 13 October (age&#;81) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Known&#;for | Founder of Sauber F1 |
Peter Paul Sauber (born 13 October ) is a retired Swiss motorsport executive.
He was the team principal and owner of various motorsports teams, most visibly the eponymous Sauber Formula One team.
Motorsport career
After being trained as an electrician, Sauber became a car salesman in Hinwil, Switzerland.[1] This was Sauber's first real association with automobiles and it proved to be the catalyst for his involvement in motorsports.
He competed in hillclimbing events in a Volkswagen Beetle he had purchased,[citation needed] and thus the foundations for his first project as a team owner were laid.
Team Sauber
After opting not to run the family traffic light business, Peter built the Sauber C1 (the C stands for Ch