Mercedes-Benz C11
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| Category | Group C Prototype | ||||||||
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| Constructor |
Mercedes-Benz Sauber Motorsport | ||||||||
| Designer(s) |
Leo Ress Peter Sauber | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Sauber C9 | ||||||||
| Successor | Mercedes-Benz C291 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon-kevlar monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | double wishbones, push-rod operated coil springs over shock absorbers, torsion bar stabilizer | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | double wishbones, push-rod operated coil springs over shock absorbers, torsion bar stabilizer | ||||||||
| Length | 4,800 mm (189.0 in) | ||||||||
| Width | 2,000 mm (78.7 in) | ||||||||
| Height | 1,030 mm (40.6 in) | ||||||||
| Axle track | 1,560 mm (61.4 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,770 mm (109.1 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Mercedes-Benz M119 4,973 cc (303.5 cu in) HL 90° 5.0L Turbo V8 Twin KKK Turbos Mid, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | 5-speed Sequential Manual | ||||||||
| Weight | 905 kg (1,995.2 lb) | ||||||||
| Fuel | Bosch Motronic MP 1.8 Fuel Injection | ||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants |
 Team Sauber Mercedes | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |
 Mauro Baldi Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger Michael Schumacher Heinz-Harald Frentzen Fritz Kreutzpointner Alain Ferté Jonathan Palmer Stanley Dickens Kurt Thiim | ||||||||
| Debut | 1990 Trofeo Caracciolo, Monza | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 1 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 | ||||||||
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1990 Mercedes-Benz C11
 Sauber-Mercedes C11 at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 |
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The Mercedes-Benz C11 was a Group C prototype race car introduced for the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship. Built by Sauber as a successor to the Sauber C9, the C11 used the same Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L twin turbo V8. It was the first time that Mercedes-Benz chose to put their name on the car, instead of simply using Sauber.
Debuting at the first race of the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship, the car did not actually race, choosing instead to run only in practice while the team used the reliable C9 from the previous year. However, for the 2nd race the C11 did race, and was able to successfully come home with first and second. Throughout the rest of the season, the C11 won all but one race and easily took the team's championship for the year.
Although Sauber-Mercedes had been successful in winning the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team choose not to defend the title in 1990 due to the race not being part of the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship schedule. The team chose instead to concentrate on winning the championship.
Although the C11 was to be replaced by the Mercedes-Benz C291 for the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season, problems with the C291's new engine led Mercedes-Benz to continue to campaign the C11 alongside the C291. The C11 was able to gain three more class wins in the 1991 season before the C291 fully replaced it.
The legendary car also won Le Mans Legend two times, in 2012 and 2014.
The reason that Sauber skipped from C9 to C11 is due to the difficult pronunciation of C10 in German, with C and 10 being pronounced nearly identically.
1990 Mercedes-Benz (Sauber) C11
- Year: 1990
- Make: Mercedes-Benz & Sauber
- Model: C11
- Engine Location: Mid
- Drive Type: Rear Wheel
- Weight: 1995 lb | 905 kg
- Engine Configuration: V
- Cylinders: 8
- Aspiration/Induction: Twin-turbocharged
- Displacement: 4973.00 cc | 303.5 cu in. | 5 L.
- Horsepower: 730.00 hp (545 kW) at 7,000 rpm[1]
- Torque: 605 lb ft (820Nm) at 3,500 rpm
- HP to Weight Ratio: 2.7 lb (1.2 kg) / hp
- HP / Liter: 146.8 bhp / Liter
- Gears: 5 speed
- Transmission: Manual
Complete World Sportscar Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | WEMCP |
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| 1990 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Group C | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | SPA | DIJ | NUR | DON | MON | MEX | 67.5 1 | 1st 1 | ||
| Mauro Baldi |
1 | 1 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | ||||||
| Jean-Louis Schlesser |
1 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | |||||||
| Jochen Mass |
2 | 2 | DSQ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| Karl Wendlinger |
2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Schumacher |
DSQ | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Group C | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | LMS | NUR | MAG | MEX | AUT | 70 2 | 3rd 2 | |||
| Jean-Louis Schlesser |
1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jochen Mass |
3 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Alain Ferté |
16 | ||||||||||||||
| Karl Wendlinger |
2 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Schumacher |
14 | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Karl Wendlinger |
5 | ||||||||||||||
| Fritz Kreutzpointner |
5 | ||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Palmer |
32 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Stanley Dickens |
20 | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Thiim |
20 | ||||||||||||||
^1 Points also scored by the Sauber C9.
^2 Points alsp scored by the Mercedes-Benz C291.
See also
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References
External links
- Prototyp - Sauber C11
- www.ultimatecarpage.com - Sauber C11
- C#Sonstiges de.wikipedia.org - the German Wikipedia page
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