F1 car naming letters?

[rhysenna]

Just curious to know what the C, W and T stand for for the Sauber, Merc and Lotus teams. As in RB7 stands for Red Bull 7.

Probably something obvious.

[rhysenna]

Evangelion said:

W is Wagen shirley?

Lotus use Type numbers.

Can't shed any light on the C except that Sauber have always used one AFAIK.

Yeah, C9, C11 etc.

Cheers.

[rhysenna]

thegreenhell said:

The C stands for Christine, the name of Peter Sauber's wife, according to Wikipedia.

Christine. Interesting. Never would have thought it was something like that.