The C5 then continued to participate in the 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans in 1978. Sauber achieved international prominence with the C5, in which Herbert Müller won the then acclaimed Interserie Championship in 1976. The “C” has become a trademark for Sauber race cars, and remains in place to date. His first race car, the Sauber C1 (“C” stands for the first initial of his wife’s name, Christiane), won the 1970 Swiss sports car championship. The passionate Sauber himself first raced with a modified VW Beetle, which inspired him to pursue a career in the world of motorsports. PP Sauber AG was founded by Peter Sauber in Hinwil, Switzerland, as an independent constructor of open two-seater racing sports cars in 1970.
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