Andreas Seidl

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Andreas Seidl
Seidl at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix
Born	(1976-01-06) 6 January 1976 (age 48) Passau, West Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Motorsport executive
Employer	Sauber Motorsport

Andreas Seidl (born 6 January 1976) is a German motorsport engineer and manager.^[1] He is currently the chief executive officer of Sauber Motorsport, and previously team principal of the McLaren Formula One team and the hybrid Porsche LMP1 program.

Career[edit]

Seidl graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a diploma in mechanical engineering. Seidl worked in F1 for BMW between 2000 and 2009. After BMW withdrew from Formula 1, Seidl then managed BMW's DTM comeback in 2012. In 2013, Seidl joined the Porsche LMP1 squad as director of race operations and was promoted to team principal in 2014.^[2] On 10 January 2019, McLaren appointed Seidl as team principal of their Formula 1 team. He started working with the team on 1 May 2019.^[3] On 13 December 2022, it was announced Seidl would become CEO of Sauber Motorsport in January 2023, and would leave McLaren with immediate effect.^[4]^[5]

On 8 March 2024, Seidl was announced as the CEO of Audi's Formula One operations.^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Andreas Seidl – Team Principal LMP1". Porsche Road & Race. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ "Porsche's Andreas Seidl Is New McLaren F1 Chief". Ferdinand Magazine. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ "McLaren appoint Andreas Seidl as new F1 boss". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ "Sauber Group appoints Andreas Seidl as Chief Executive Officer". Sauber Group. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "McLaren Formula 1 appoints Andrea Stella as new Team Principal with immediate effect". McLaren Racing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Noble, Jonathan (8 March 2024). "Audi confirms takeover of Sauber; appoints Seidl as F1 CEO". Autosport.

v t e Sauber F1 Team
Founder	Peter Sauber
Current	Andreas Seidl (Chief Executive Officer) James Key (Team Principal) Alessandro Alunni Bravi
2024 drivers	Valtteri Bottas Zhou Guanyu
Notable personnel	Mariano Alperin [ja] Alessandro Alunni Bravi Ruth Buscombe Elliot Dason-Barber Dirk de Beer André de Cortanze Jost Capito Jacky Eeckelaert Luca Furbatto Eric Gandelin René Hilhorst [ja] Nicolas Hennel Monisha Kaltenborn James Key Mike Krack Jan Monchaux Matt Morris Seamus Mullarkey Steve Nichols Tom McCullough John Owen Xevi Pujolar Willy Rampf Leo Ress [ja] Simone Resta Sergio Rinland Andreas Seidl Loïc Serra Mark Smith Julien Simon-Chautemps Willem Toet Mario Theissen Frédéric Vasseur Pierre Waché Ben Waterhouse Max Welti Ian Wright Jörg Zander Beat Zehnder Christoph Zimmermann
Notable drivers	Karl Wendlinger Heinz-Harald Frentzen Johnny Herbert Jean Alesi Nick Heidfeld Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Giancarlo Fisichella Jacques Villeneuve Robert Kubica Sebastian Vettel Kamui Kobayashi Sergio Pérez Marcus Ericsson Charles Leclerc
Former drivers	See category
Sportscars	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 SHS C6 C7 C8 C9 C11 C291 C292
Formula One cars	C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 F1.06 F1.07 F1.08 F1.09 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C44

McLaren Racing

Personnel
Founder	Bruce McLaren
Ambassador	Mika Häkkinen
Current	Zak Brown (Chief Executive Officer) Andrea Stella (Team Principal) Rob Marshall Neil Oatley Peter Prodromou Tom Stallard
Former	Ben Agathangelou Giorgio Ascanelli John Barnard Bob Bell Matt Bishop Éric Boullier Marcin Budkowski Adrian Burgess Alastair Caldwell Jost Capito Bernadette Collins Gordon Coppuck Mike Coughlan Peter Crolla Gil de Ferran Luca Furbatto Ron Dennis Henri Durand Mike Elliott Pat Fry Tim Goss Mark Gillan [ja] Steve Hallam Norbert Haug Robin Herd Jürgen Hubbert John Iley James Key Simon Lacey Werner Laurenz Paddy Lowe Neil Martin Teddy Mayer Sam Michael Paul Monaghan Matt Morris Gordon Murray Jonathan Neale Adrian Newey Steve Nichols Mansour Ojjeh Ciaron Pilbeam Mark Preston Phil Prew [ja] Jo Ramírez Simon Roberts Dave Ryan Wolfgang Schattling Andreas Seidl Mark Slade Rob Taylor Nikolas Tombazis Hans-Ulrich Maik Joan Villadelprat Mark Williams Martin Whitmarsh Ian Wright

Drivers
Current drivers	4. Lando Norris 81. Oscar Piastri
Reserve drivers	Pato O'Ward Ryō Hirakawa
Test and development drivers	Oliver Turvey Will Stevens
Driver Development Programme	Pato O'Ward Ryō Hirakawa Gabriel Bortoleto Bianca Bustamante Ugo Ugochukwu
F1 World Champions	Emerson Fittipaldi Lewis Hamilton James Hunt Mika Häkkinen Niki Lauda Alain Prost Ayrton Senna
Race winners	Bruce McLaren Denny Hulme Peter Revson Emerson Fittipaldi Jochen Mass James Hunt John Watson Niki Lauda Alain Prost Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger David Coulthard Mika Häkkinen Kimi Räikkönen Juan Pablo Montoya Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton Heikki Kovalainen Jenson Button Daniel Ricciardo
Former drivers	See category

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1974 1976 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1998 1999 2008
Constructors' titles	1974 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1998

Cars
Formula One	M2B M4B M5A M7A M7B M7C M7D M9A M14A M14D M19A M19C M23 M26 M28 M29 M29B M29C M29F M30 MP4 (MP4/1) MP4B (MP4/1B) MP4/1C MP4/1E MP4/2 MP4/2B MP4/2C MP4/3 MP4/4 MP4/5 MP4/5B MP4/6 MP4/6B MP4/7A MP4/8 MP4/9 MP4/10 MP4/10B MP4/10C MP4/11 MP4/11B MP4/12 MP4/13 MP4/14 MP4/15 MP4-16 MP4-17 MP4-17D MP4-19 MP4-19B MP4-20 MP4-21 MP4-22 MP4-23 MP4-24 MP4-25 MP4-26 MP4-27 MP4-28 MP4-29 MP4-30 MP4-31 MCL32 MCL33 MCL34 MCL35 MCL35M MCL36 MCL60 MCL38
Formula Two	M4A M21
Sports cars	Zerex Special M1A M1B M1C M6A M6B M6GT M8A M8B M8C M8D M8E M8F M8FP M12 M20 F1 GTR 12C GT3 650S GT3 P1 GTR
USAC/IndyCar	M15 M16A M16B M16C M16C/D M16E M24
F5000/Libre	M3 M10A M10B M18 M22 M25
Development cars	M2A MP4-18 MP4-29H/1X1