Mercedes C9 group C (1988) Racing Cars

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The Sauber Mercedes C9 If Porsche dangled a carrot for the rest to chase in the formative years of Group C, Mercedes-Benz gobbled it up with the Sauber-built C9. The wedge-shaped hurricane-inducing Silver Arrow resulted from an unlikely marriage between Mercedes-Benz and Sauber, the tiny Zurich-based motorsport outfit founded by Peter Sauber.

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This 1989 Sauber Mercedes C9 Group C sports car is from Sauber Mercedes' incredibly successful 1989 World Sports Car Championship season. It's up for sale at Duncan Hamilton ROFGO. The car, chassis 89-C9-A1, was built by Sauber Mercedes as a spare for the works team competing in the 1989 World Sportscar Championship. However, it.

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Two hundred and forty-eight miles per hour. That's the extraordinary, bottom-clenching, cold sweat-inducing top speed the Sauber-Mercedes C9 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli recorded on Les Hunaudiéres during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989. On race day, it was the sister Silver Arrow of Jochen Mass.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

In today's video I will show you a 1989 720bhp 5.0L V8 Turbocharged Sauber Mercedes C9 going full throttle up the Goodwood hillclimb during the Festival of S.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

It was a momentous decision. The Team Sauber Mercedes entries in the 1989 World Sports Car Championship would run as Silver Arrows, just like the W125 grand prix cars before World War II and the W196 Formula 1 racers afterwards. The 'new' livery for the Sauber-Mercedes C9 Group C design tipped its hat to the glorious past of a manufacturer returning to motor sport after a long hiatus.

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Sauber-Mercedes C 9 Group C racing sports car. As a partner to the Sauber team Mercedes-Benz lined up with the C9 car for the 1988 world sports prototype championship. The partnership won five races and finished second in the end-of-season standings.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

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1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

Definitely not the most common place to see a legendary Le Mans-winning Group C car, but it's precisely these unusual things that I love. The 'Classic' divis.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

History of the Sauber-Mercedes C9 'Silver Arrow' Following the promise of Sauber's Mercedes-Benz-powered C8 design from the 1986 season, the German car giant decided that it was the right opportunity to join the Group C ranks as a semi-works team for the 1987 World Sportscar Championship.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

The Sauber C9 was unsuccessful in its first year on the race track, failing to impress at Silverstone, Le Mans, and Nurburgring. However, the Mercedes-powered prototype returned with a vengeance in 1988, winning five of ten races with drivers like Jochen Mass and Jean-Louis Schlesser behind the wheel.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

The Sauber C9 (also known as Sauber Mercedes C9, Sauber C9-Mercedes or Mercedes-Benz C9) was a Group C prototype race car which was in use for three full seasons, from 1987 to 1989, in the World Sportscar Championship and at 24 hours of Le Mans. Sauber C9 achieved the greatest success in 1989, winning both drivers' and teams' WSC titles.

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

The Sauber Mercedes C9 is one of the rarest Group C cars. At one point in history, in the not too distant past, rule-makers hit the jackpot with a prototype formula so successful that it filled.

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History of the Sauber-Mercedes C9 'Silver Arrow' Following the promise of Sauber's Mercedes-Benz-powered C8 design from the 1986 season, the German car giant decided that it was the right opportunity to join the Group C ranks as a semi-works team for the 1987 World Sportscar Championship. Retaining the excellent aluminium monocoque design, although considerably stiffer and

1989 SauberMercedes C9 arguably the greatest Group C car in history Freshly restored and

This feature was first published in MOTOR magazine's May 2009 issue, written by the late Damien Pearce. The C9 is the progeny of the Group C Sportscar partnership between Peter Sauber's successful Swiss-based Sauber engineering firm and Mercedes-Benz. The program initially saw Mercedes-supplied engines fitted to Swiss-designed cars, run under.

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In it, Sam Hancock of the Collecting Cars YouTube channel takes a 1987 C9 around Donington in the wet. Even its dilapidated state—with minimum boost pressure and no ability to rev all the way to.

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The Group C era of the late 1980s and early 1990s is one of sportscar racing's most celebrated. 'Silk Cut' Jaguars versus 'Silver Arrow' Mercedes and 'Rothma.