2005 China Pre-Race: Bye to Jordan, Sauber & Minardi

Louise Goodman pays tribute to the 3 privateer teams who will be missing from the 2006 grid

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

Camera people could have helped Minardi by bringing them on screen more often...

[@blainy-o93]

The spirit of Minardi is still strong in Toro Rosso today, Bahrain showed that.

[@owenroberts7854]

And a couple of weekend ago when gasly won !!

[@darylyatestransportblogs]

Sauber are still going just as BMW kept the Sauber name and Peter Sauber bought it back when BMW pulled out in 2009

[@evonne_o]

Sauber never went away.

[@aaronisgrate]

jordan lives on still as the underdog force indias.

[@evonne_o]

They died when Force India went into admin after the summer break last summer which is a shame

[@kurosakikun1]

Soon to be Aston Martin

[@cobrasolida8915]

@@OtakuLogan2017 now Aston Martin

[@louielouie95]

Sauber Stayed In F1
They Returned It's Name In 2010

[@the-blue-barron2791]

yeah they were called BMW Sauber. They're completely gone now though.

[@SonnyViceR]

@@the-blue-barron2791 No they aren't, Alfa Romeo is rebranded Sauber

[@the-blue-barron2791]

@@SonnyViceR but the Sauber name is gone 😔

[@SonnyViceR]

@@the-blue-barron2791 It'll return eventually once the AR marketing scheme deal runs out some day. Or they'll just put it next to AR like they did in 2018

[@the-blue-barron2791]

@@SonnyViceR it's highly unlikely that we'll ever see the Sauber name in F1 again