Sauber Group and Alfa Romeo are delighted to announce the appointment of Andreas Seidl as its new Chief Executive Officer. Seidl will start in his new role in January 2023 and will be tasked with continuing the growth of the group as a whole as Sauber keeps establishing itself as one of the brightest sporting and industrial entities on the market.
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Born in Passau, Germany, Andreas Seidl began his motorsport career with BMW’s Formula 1 project, where he also worked as Head of Track Operations at Sauber for several years. As Team Principal at Porsche, Seidl later celebrated several world championships and three overall victories at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans between 2015 and 2017 before becoming Team Principal of the McLaren F1 Team in 2019.
Seidl will take over the CEO position from his predecessor, Frédéric Vasseur; together with the team, Seidl will now work on the appointment of its new Team Principal, which will be communicated in due course.
Jean Philippe Imparato, CEO of Alfa Romeo:
It is a great pleasure to welcome Andreas Seidl into the Alfa Romeo Tribe. His highly experienced background will be key to reaching our ambitious objectives in 2023. We will be supporting and working alongside Andreas and the team daily throughout the upcoming season, which promises to be even more exciting. I’d also like to take this chance to sincerely thank Frédéric Vasseur for the outstanding job he did in improving the team’s performance year after year and in achieving the best result in the Formula One Constructors’ standings in a decade with a sixth-place finish in 2022.