Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun baya, haɗin Sauber tare da Ferrari ya zama mai rauni. Sun kasance tare da ƙungiyoyin da ba Ferrari ba game da canje-canjen ƙa'idodin da aka tsara a ƙarshen kakar 2004 kuma sun shiga cikin GPWC. Daga nan suka yanke shawarar canzawa zuwa tayoyin Michelin, yayin da Ferrari ta ci gaba da amfani da tayoyin Bridgestone. A halin yanzu, kamfanin abin sha na Red Bull ya bar Sauber a 2005 yayin da suka kafa ƙungiyarsu, Red Bull Racing. Mallakar BMW ta fara ne daga 1 ga Janairu 2006 tare da BMW ta sayi hannun jari na Credit Suisse a cikin ƙungiyar. Gasar Grand Prix ta karshe ta Sauber kafin karɓar BMW ita ce Gasar Grand Prix ta China ta 2005
, tare da Massa ya zira kwallaye na shida don kammala tarihin kungiyar. Sauber ya gama zaman kansa a cikin F1 tare da matsayi na uku na uku da biyu na farko ya fara zama mafi kyawun sakamakon su. Daga cikin fitattun direbobin Sauber sun hada da Jean Alesi, Felipe Massa, Johnny Herbert, da kuma zakaran gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1997, Jacques Villeneuve. Tsoffin direbobin Sauber guda biyu sun tuka sabuwar kungiyar BMW Sauber a 2006: Nick Heidfeld wanda ya kasance direban Sauber daga 2001 zuwa 2003, da Villeneuve wanda ya tuka kungiyar a 2005.