Sandro_Zeller
Sandro Zeller
Swiss racing driver (born 1991)
Sandro Zeller (born 16 November 1991 in Uster) is a Swiss race car driver. He is son of the twelve-time Swiss Formula Three champion Jo Zeller who founded team Jo Zeller Racing.
| Sandro Zeller | |
|---|---|
Sandro Zeller at Zandvoort 2012 | |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born | (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32) Uster (Switzerland) |
| Related to | Jo Zeller (father) |
| FIA European Formula Three Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Jo Zeller Racing |
| Car number | 17 |
| Starts | 77 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 27th in 2013 & 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2010-12 2010-11 2010 2008–09 | Formula 3 Euro Series German Formula Three Austria Formula 3 Cup Formula Lista Junior |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011, 2016-18 | Austria Formula 3 Cup |
Karting
Zeller made his karting debut in 2006, at the age of fifteen. In first season of the Swiss Rotax Max Challenge Junior he was twelfth, improving to the third place on the next year.
Formula Lista Junior
Zeller began his car racing career by driving in the Formula Lista Junior with Jo Zeller Racing in 2008. He amassed seventeen points and scored one pol on the way to fourteenth place in the championship standings.[1]
He remained in series for 2009 and improved to fifth place. He took one win at Dijon-Prenois and scored eleven point-scoring positions.[2]
Formula Three
After two races in the final round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in 2009,[3] Zeller remained in German Formula Three Championship for 2010.[4] Also he competed in the Hockenheimring round of the Austria Formula 3 Cup and Formula 3 Euro Series.[5]
2011 saw his best season to date. He won the Austria Formula 3 Cup winning nine races and completed a part season in the German Formula Three Championship and also the Formula 3 Euro Series.
Career summary
† Guest driver – ineligible for points.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jo Zeller Racing | Dallara F306 | Mercedes | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
HOC1 1 15 |
HOC1 2 11 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
HOC2 1 13 |
HOC2 2 10 |
NC | 0 † | |||||||||
| 2011 | Jo Zeller Racing | Dallara F308 | Mercedes | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
HOC1 1 13 |
HOC1 2 15 |
HOC1 3 13 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
ZAN 3 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 9 |
NOR 3 9 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
VAL 3 |
HOC2 1 11 |
HOC2 2 12 |
HOC2 3 10 |
NC | 0 † |
| 2012 | Jo Zeller Racing | Dallara F308 | Mercedes | HOC1 1 12 |
HOC1 2 15 |
HOC1 3 10 |
BSH 1 13 |
BSH 2 17 |
BSH 3 14 |
RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 12 |
RBR 3 9 |
NOR 1 11 |
NOR 2 12 |
NOR 3 23 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 16 |
NÜR 3 9 |
ZAN 1 12 |
ZAN 2 10 |
ZAN 3 9 |
VAL 1 12 |
VAL 2 13 |
VAL 3 11 |
HOC2 1 15 |
HOC2 2 16 |
HOC2 3 14 |
12th | 23 |
† – As Zeller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
- "LO Formel Lista Junior 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- "LO Formel Lista Junior 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- "27 cars on the season-finale grid". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- "Nearly all race seats assigned". motorsport.com; formel3.de. German Formula Three Championship. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- "A Hockenheim ci sono 17 iscritti". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- Jo Zeller Racing official website (in German)
- Sandro Zeller career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Philippe Chuard |
Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2011 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Jordi Weckx |
Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2016–18 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |