Sauber C31

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[]

Year	Driver	Tyre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
2012
	Kobayashi	P	6th	Ret	10th	13th	5th	Ret	9th	Ret	11th	4th	18th	13th	9th	13th	3rd	Ret	14th	6th	14th	9th
	Pérez	P	8th	2nd	11th	11th	Ret	11th	3rd	9th	Ret	6th	14th	Ret	2nd	10th	Ret	11th	Ret	15th	11th	Ret

V T E	2012 Formula One Season
Teams	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Lotus \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Williams \| Caterham \| HRT \| Marussia
Engines	Renault \| Mercedes \| Ferrari \| Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel \| 2 Webber \| 3 Button \| 4 Hamilton \| 5 Alonso \| 6 Massa \| 7 Schumacher \| 8 Rosberg \| 9 Räikkönen \| 10 Grosjean \| 10 D'Ambrosio \| 11 Di Resta \| 12 Hülkenberg \| 14 Kobayashi \| 15 Pérez \| 16 Ricciardo \| 17 Vergne \| 18 Maldonado \| 19 Senna \| 20 Kovalainen \| 21 Petrov \| 22 De la Rosa \| 23 Karthikeyan \| 24 Glock \| 25 Pic
Other Drivers	Buemi \| Paffett \| Turvey \| Rigon \| Bird \| Bianchi \| Daly \| Gutiérrez \| Bottas \| Wolff \| Van der Garde \| Rossi \| González \| Clos \| Luizzi \| de Villota \| Chilton
Cars	RB8 \| MP4-27 \| F2012 \| F1 W03 \| E20 \| VJM05 \| C31 \| STR7 \| FW34 \| CT01 \| F112 \| MR01
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia \| Malaysia \| China \| Bahrain \| Spain \| Monaco \| Canada \| Europe \| Britain \| Germany \| Hungary \| Belgium \| Italy \| Singapore \| Japan \| Korea \| India \| Abu Dhabi \| United States \| Brazil
Team Reports	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Lotus \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Williams \| Caterham \| HRT \| Marussia
Driver Reports	Vettel \| Webber \| Button \| Hamilton \| Alonso \| Massa \| Schumacher \| Rosberg \| Räikkönen \| Grosjean \| di Resta \| Hülkenberg \| Kobayashi \| Pérez \| Ricciardo \| Vergne \| Maldonado \| Senna \| Kovalainen \| Petrov \| de la Rosa \| Karthikeyan \| Karthikeyan \| Glock \| Pic
Tests	Jerez \| Barcelona 1 \| Barcelona 2 \| Mugello \| Young Driver
See also	2011 Formula One Season \| 2013 Formula One Season \| Bahrain GP protests \| Category

V T E	Sauber F1 Team
Drivers 5. Gabriel Bortoleto · 27. Hülkenberg
Former drivers Bottas · Ericsson · Leclerc · Wehrlein · Nasr · 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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