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Sauber Petronas C16Switzerland 1997From driver to designerPeter Sauber built his first racing car in the cellar of his parents’ house. After a Swiss Championship title, Sauber decided to give up driving and to only build „racing machines“, as he calls them. Entry into Formula 1After successes with Mercedes in Group C in 1989 und 1990, this racing classification was dropped for reasons of cost. Formula 1 hardly costs anything more, but offers much more publicity. The racing team make their first start in the top class in 1991. Although some initial successes only establish the newcomer in the lower ranks, this represents a stable basis.Racing team without a trackAt the end of 2005, Peter Sauber sells 80% of his racing team to BMW. Even today, the BMW-Sauber team still has its offices in Hinwil, Zurich – a unique situation, because Sauber is the only team in Formula 1 that does not have a race track in its own country.
  • Sauber Petronas C16
    Switzerland 1997
    From driver to designer
    Peter Sauber built his first ...
  • PP Sauber AG (Sauber Motorsport AG, Red Bull Sauber AG, Sauber Petronas AG) (1970 - 2005), Betreiber/in, Hersteller/in, sign.
    Sauber Petronas Engineering AG (*1995), Engine manufacturer, sign.
    Herbert Johnny Paul (*1964), Racing driver, sign.
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-5936
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Ferryboat “Vogel Gryff” of the Basel Klingental Ferry Service, built 1962From Greater- to Lesser-Basel by ShipThe history of the Basel ferry, unlike that of its bridges, only goes back to the 19th century. The first ferry commuted between Harzgraben and Waisenhaus from 1854 until the opening of the Wettstein Bridge in 1877. From 1877, the Münster ferry, a little further downstream, was in operation, and in 1862 there was a ferry service between Totentanz and Kaserne. Under the name “Klingental Ferry” it is still working today, a “flying bridge for pedestrians”, as the ferries were described in a pilot project of 1848. The youngest of the three present-day Basel ferries, the St Alban ferry, dates from 1894. In 1944 on the initiative of the then director of the Basel Tourist Office, the three ferryboats were given the names of the heraldic figures from the three Lesser-Basel honorary companies. From downstream on, they are “Wilde Ma” (St Alban), “Leu” (Münster) and “Vogel Gryff” for the Klingental ferry. Until 1954 the three ferries were run by the Basel Cultural Society – the Basel Art Gallery was financed from the proceeds. Subsequently the Cultural Society donated these ships to the ferrymen who had manned them. In 1972 the Klingental ferry, and in 1976 the St Alban ferry, came into the hands of a foundation which appointed lessees, while the Münster ferry is still today in private ownership. In 1977 the “Wilde Ma” and in 1983 “Vogel Gryff” were replaced by new ships with the same name. The old “Vogel Gryff” now has a place of honour in the Transport Museum.
  • Ferryboat “Vogel Gryff” of the Basel Klingental Ferry Service, built 1962
    From Greater- ...
  • Fähri-Verein Basel (Verein Freunde Basler Fähren) (1974), Model operator, archivalisch belegt
    Johann Waldmeier AG Bootbau und Sport (1974), Model manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-9157
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