Andreas Seidl
{{Short description|German motorsport engineer and manager (born 1976)}}
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| birth_place = Passau, West Germany
| nationality = {{flagicon|GER}} German
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Andreas Seidl (born 6 January 1976) is a German motorsport engineer and manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.porscheroadandrace.com/andreas-seidl-team-principal/ |title=Andreas Seidl – Team Principal LMP1 |date=29 August 2016 |publisher=Porsche Road & Race |access-date=2 May 2019 }} He was previously the chief executive officer of Sauber Motorsport, the team principal of McLaren and the team principal of the hybrid Porsche LMP1 program.
Career
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.{{cite web |url=https://ferdinandmagazine.com/porsche-andreas-seidl-mclaren-f1 |title=Porsche's Andreas Seidl Is New McLaren F1 Chief |date=14 January 2019 |publisher=Ferdinand Magazine |access-date=2 May 2019}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11598094/mclaren-appoint-andreas-seidl-as-new-f1-boss |title=McLaren appoint Andreas Seidl as new F1 boss |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=2 May 2019}} On 13 December 2022, it was announced Seidl would become CEO of Sauber Motorsport in January 2023, and would leave McLaren with immediate effect.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=Sauber Group appoints Andreas Seidl as Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.sauber-group.com/motorsport/f1-news/sauber-group-appoints-andreas-seidl-as-chief-executive-officer/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=Sauber Group }}{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=McLaren Formula 1 appoints Andrea Stella as new Team Principal with immediate effect |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/mclaren-formula-1-appoints-andrea-stella-new-team-principal-immediate-effect/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=McLaren Racing }}
On 8 March 2024, Seidl was announced as the CEO of Audi's Formula One operations.{{cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/audi-confirms-takeover-of-sauber-appoints-seidl-as-f1-ceo/10584832/ |title=Audi confirms takeover of Sauber; appoints Seidl as F1 CEO |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |work=Autosport |date=8 March 2024}} Four months later, Audi announced that Seidl would be leaving the team and he was replaced by Mattia Binotto who would assume a dual role of COO and CTO.{{Cite web |date=23 July 2024 |title=Mattia Binotto takes over a leadership position for Audi in Formula 1 |url=https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/mattia-binotto-takes-over-a-leadership-position-for-audi-in-formula-1-16116 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Audi MediaCenter |language=}}
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Category:Engineers from Bavaria
Category:Formula One team principals
Category:German automotive engineers
Category:German motorsport people