Sauber Academy
| Founded | 2019 (as Sauber Junior Team) |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Sauber Motorsport AG |
| Folded | 2025 |
| Base | Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Team principal(s) | Beat Zehnder |
| Noted drivers | Juan Manuel Correa Callum Ilott Arthur Leclerc Théo Pourchaire Fabio Scherer Roman Staněk Ugo Ugochukwu Zane Maloney |
The Sauber Academy had its best ever season in 2023, as Théo Pourchaire (top) won Formula 2 and Léna Bühler (bottom) was F1 Academy runner-up.
The Sauber Academy, formerly known as the Sauber Junior Team, was a driver development programme by Sauber Motorsport to support drivers from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team.
In November 2018, Sauber entered a partnership with Czech team Charouz Racing System to form the Sauber Junior Team, followed by the creation of a karting team, aligned with Kart Republic, in March 2019. Sauber then parted ways with Charouz and rebranded the programme as the Sauber Academy for 2020.
After Audi took over Sauber's entry in 2026, the team launched its own driver academy, the Audi Driver Development Programme.