Sauber C33

[5] It was driven by Esteban Gutiérrez and Adrian Sutil, who joined the team after Nico Hülkenberg returned to Force India.

[2] The chassis was designed by Eric Gandelin, Ben Waterhouse and Willem Toet with the car being powered with a customer Ferrari powertrain.

The car was plagued by weight issues early in the season, to the point that, to compensate for this, a tall Sutil (who, relatively speaking, was one of the heaviest drivers in the field) did not eat for two days in a desperate attempt to remain competitive.

In addition, due to the financial status of the team, both drivers were dropped at the end of the season to make way for a new line up of Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr.

‡ — Teams and drivers scored double points at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Esteban Gutiérrez driving the C33 during the Japanese Grand Prix