


looks at the evolution of the team over that period, from Peter Sauber’s attractive but often frail early cars to the major force in the category they later became, winning Le Mans and championship titles. John Starkey’s ‘Sauber-Mercedes The Group C Racers 1985-1991’ from Veloce Publishing Ltd. For British enthusiasts it was at times hard to see beyond the lure of supporting the Jaguar team, but a growing force in the period were Sauber, who later became the official Mercedes Benz team, and their series of rapid cars.

The Group C period in the 1980s and into the 1990s is oft-regarded as a golden age of sportscar racing, with cars from a variety of manufacturers competing against each other in a fuel-consumption formula that produced some great racing.
