Andreas Seidl (born 6 January 1976) is a German
motorsport engineer and manager.
He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of
Sauber Motorsport
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, and previously team principal of the
McLaren Formula One team and the
hybrid Porsche LMP1 program.
Career
Seidl graduated from the Technical University in Munich with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Seidl previously worked in F1 for
BMW between 2000 and 2009. After BMW withdrew from Formula 1, Seidl then managed BMW's
DTM comeback in
2012
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. In 2013, Seidl joined the
Porsche LMP1
A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is the type of sports prototype race car used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series. Le Mans Prototypes were crea ...
squad as Director of Race Operations and was promoted to Team Principal in 2014. 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. On 13 December 2022, it was announced Seidl would become CEO of the Sauber Group in January 2023, but leaving McLaren with immediate effect.
References
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1976 births
Living people
McLaren people
Formula One people
BMW people
Porsche people
German motorsport people
German automotive engineers
People from Passau
Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria
Engineers from Bavaria