Petronas

2020 Hamilton wins Turkish GP and becomes FIA Drivers World Champion(7th WC).

Model comes with 4 pit boards with sayings, and World Champion board.(see pictures)

Comes on dispay wood board with World Champion statements.

Fitted with Intermediate rubber tires.

1-8 Scale F1 Grand Prix Cars

Official Marketing Text:

The first Formula One car to be fully designed by BMW, the F1.07 was BMW Sauber’s contender for the 2007 season. Retained from last season, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica piloted the car with future four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel taking the test and reserve driver role. Timo Glock was later signed as the team's second test driver as Vettel left for the Toro Rosso team.

Pre-season testing was very positive, leading to speculation that BMW could surprise the top teams, though BMW played down speculation citing reliability concerns. The F1.07 would go on to score points at every single race during the season and only once fail to have both cars qualify in the top ten, establishing the team as the third-fastest behind Ferrari and McLaren. It was acknowledged by team principal Mario Theissen that the performance gap between BMW Sauber and the two teams in front was less than the gap to the teams behind.

The F1.07 was also involved in one of the biggest crashes of the modern Formula One era at the Canadian Grand Prix. Kubica made contact with Jarno Trulli's Toyota whilst approaching the hairpin on lap 27 and hit a hump in the grass, lifting the car's nose into the air and leaving him unable to brake or steer. The car then hit the concrete retaining wall at 300.13 km/h (186.49 mph) and rolled as it came back across the track, striking the opposite wall on the outside of the hairpin and coming to rest on its side. It was later found that he had been subjected to a peak force of 75G during the crash. Kubica escaped with a sprained ankle and light concussion. Test driver Sebastian Vettel took Kubica’s place in the American Grand Prix, finishing eighth and becoming the youngest driver to score a FIA Formula One World Championship point at the time.

The F1.07 scored two podiums during the season, both through Heidfeld: second in Canada and third in Hungary. Overall, the team scored 101 Championship points and finished second in the Constructors’ Championship, partly due to McLaren’s disqualification. BMW Sauber had twice as many points as third place Renault but half as much as the totally dominant Ferrari team.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.07 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Official Marketing Text:

BMW Sauber’s contender for the 2008 Formula One season, the F1.08 was driven by retained drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica. Team principal Mario Theissen set the target of the team's first win during the season and he was not disappointed. BMW Sauber started the season well, scoring three podiums in the first three races in Australia, Malaysia and Bahrain, and leading the Constructors’ Championship after the third race. Another podium in Monaco preceded the team’s most successful race, a 1-2 finish in Canada, where Kubica took the team’s sole victory.

After the breakthrough win, development was switched to the 2009 season where new regulations were to be introduced. The lack of development of the current car was reflected in a drop of form as BMW Sauber became outpaced by Renault, Toyota and Toro Rosso and lost touch with Ferrari and McLaren. Despite this, Kubica remained with an outside chance of taking the Drivers’ Championship until the penultimate race. Kubica was openly critical of the emphasis switch, having led the Drivers’ Championship after Canada.

Scoring 135 points over the course of the season, the F1.08 was BMW Sauber’s most successful car, scoring that one win in Canada and eleven podiums and earning third in the Constructors’ Championship behind Ferrari and McLaren. Robert Kubica finished the Drivers’ Championship in joint third position alongside Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.08 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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BMW Sauber’s contender for the 2009 Formula One season, the F1.09 was again driven by retained drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, the same duo who had been racing for BMW Sauber since mid-2006. After an impressive 2008 season, winning their first race and finishing third in the World Championship, much was expected of the F1.09, despite the raft of technical regulations brought in by the FIA to minimise the impact of the global financial crisis.

The F1.09’s initial development phase focused largely on the aerodynamics, the optimisation of tyre usage and the integration of KERS. Pre-season testing at Barcelona was promising, as the team clocked the fastest time on the first day. The season opener in Australia looked encouraging after Sebastian Vettel made a small error to allow Kubica to steal into second place, with two laps to go. However, Vettel braked early in defence, turning in too soon and locking his front wing on to sidepod of the BMW Sauber. Kubica lost his front wing, ultimately understeering off the circuit into the wall and out of the race. Heidfeld failed to score any points, finish tenth, after being caught up in a first lap incident involving three other cars. At the second race in Malaysia, Heidfeld provided the encouragement in a torrentially rain-soaked race that was abandoned after 32 laps, scoring the first podium of the season after qualifying eleventh. Heidfeld actually created history, becoming the first driver to take a podium position with a KERS-equipped car. Despite out-qualifying his teammate, Kubica retired after engine problems on the first lap.

After 6 races BMW Sauber had collected a mere 6 points, Heideld’s second place and a seventh place finish in Spain, and were 8th place in the Constructors' Championship. Upgrades were brought in for the Turkish GP, including an improved regenerative braking system (KERS) and a double deck diffuser. Whilst the new diffuser was implemented, the KERS could not be made to fit the new car and both drivers raced without the device. After the qualifying for the British GP, the team announced that the they had decided to halt further development KERS and focus instead on improving the car's aerodynamics. Kubica scored his first points in response, gaining a seventh place finish in Istanbul. As the car struggled for pace, at times it could barely scrape into Q2, both drivers would go on to express discontent with the slow development progress. During the summer break, BMW Sauber announced their withdrawal from Formula One, due to a lack of financial sustainability, though they admitted that the poor season had influenced their decision. The team would continue to compete until the end of season while the team searched for a buyer, who ultimately was the team’s former owner Peter Sauber.

The team performed better after the summer break, scoring points in each of the remaining seven races, including a double-points finish at Spa as the cars finished fourth and fifth. In fact, over the last seven races, the team earned over double the points from the first ten. The highlight was Kubica equalling Heidfeld’s second place result in Brazil after a strong drive from eighth on the grid, to gain his first and only podium of the season.

The F1.09 eventually finished sixth in the Constructors' Championship, with two podiums and 36 points to its name and holds the accolade as the last true BMW to race in Formula One.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.09 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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