GERMANY: Sauber F1 chief to head BMW Motorsport

Author: | 30 November 2009

Former BMW-Sauber team principal Mario Theissen has left Formula One following the carmaker's withdrawal and will continue as BMW motorsport director, the German carmaker said.

BMW announced in July that it would quit Formula One at the end of the season that finished this month. Last Friday the company said it had reached a deal to sell the Swiss-based team back to founder Peter Sauber.

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