Sandro Zeller
{{Short description|Swiss racing driver (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Sandro Zeller
| image = Sandro Zeller.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Sandro Zeller at Zandvoort 2012
| nationality = {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uster (Switzerland)
| related to = Jo Zeller (father)
| current series = FIA European Formula Three Championship
| first year = 2012
| current team = Jo Zeller Racing
| car number = 17
| former teams =
| starts = 77
| wins = 0
| poles = 0
| fastest laps = 0
| best finish = 27th
| prev series = Formula 3 Euro Series
German Formula Three
Austria Formula 3 Cup
Formula Lista Junior
| prev series years = 2010-12
2010-11
2010
2008–09
| titles = Austria Formula 3 Cup
| title years = 2011, 2016-18
| awards =
| award years =
}}
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.
Career
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1322-2008/|title=LO Formel Lista Junior 2008|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|accessdate=2010-05-23}}
He remained in series for 2009 and improved to fifth place. He took one win at Dijon-Prenois and scored eleven point-scoring positions.{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1322-2009/|title=LO Formel Lista Junior 2009|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|accessdate=2010-05-23}}
=Formula Three=
File:Formel3 Mercedes Zeller 2010 amk.jpg at Hockenheim.]]
After two races in the final round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in 2009,{{cite news|title=27 cars on the season-finale grid|url=http://www.formel3.de/news.php?id=892|work=formel3.de|publisher=ATS Formel 3|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2009-10-22}} Zeller remained in German Formula Three Championship for 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=356905&FS=|title=Nearly all race seats assigned|work=motorsport.com; formel3.de|publisher=German Formula Three Championship|date=2010-02-08|accessdate=2010-02-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080952/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=356905&FS=|archivedate=6 June 2011}} Also he competed in the Hockenheimring round of the Austria Formula 3 Cup and Formula 3 Euro Series.{{cite news|url=http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=27061&cat=7|title=A Hockenheim ci sono 17 iscritti|date=2010-04-20|work=ItaliaRacing.net|publisher=Inpagina|language=Italian|accessdate=2010-04-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612063900/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=27061&cat=7|archivedate=12 June 2010}}
File:Austrian F3 Cup 2024 Spielberg Nr. 44 Zeller.jpg in 2024]]
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.
Racing career
=Career summary=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
! Season ! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position |
| 2008
|align=left| Formula Lista Junior |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14th |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 2009
|align=left| Formula Lista Junior |align=left rowspan=2| Jo Zeller Racing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 5th |
| align=left| German Formula Three
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| rowspan=3| 2010
|align=left| German Formula Three |align=left rowspan=3| Jo Zeller Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th |
| align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup
| 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 115 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd |
| align=left| Formula 3 Euro Series
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| rowspan=3| 2011
|align=left| German Formula Three |align=left rowspan=3| Jo Zeller Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15th |
| align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup
| 12 | 9 | ? | ? | 12 | 225 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
| align=left| Formula 3 Euro Series
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| rowspan=2| 2012
|align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup |align=left rowspan=2| Jo Zeller Racing | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 185 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |
| align=left| Formula 3 Euro Series
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12th |
| rowspan=2| 2013
|align=left nowrap| FIA European Formula 3 Championship |rowspan=2 align=left nowrap| Jo Zeller Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| align=left| Masters of Formula 3
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 17th |
| 2014
|align=left| FIA European Formula 3 Championship |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2015
|align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 7th |
| 2016
|align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 243 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
| 2017
|align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 300 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
| 2018
|align=left| Austria Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | 14 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 326 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
| 2019
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing |22 |16 |5 |4 |20 |298 |style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st |
| 2020
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing |12 |11 |4 |11 |11 |225 |style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st |
| 2021
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing |10 |5 |2 |3 |8 |211 |style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st |
| 2022
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup |align=left| Jo Zeller Racing |14 |14 |? |? |14 |350 |style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup | rowspan="2" align="left" | Jo Zeller Racing |16 |2 |1 |2 |12 |259 |style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd |
| align=left| F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 231 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup | rowspan="2" align=left| Jo Zeller Racing |16 |4 |1 |2 |14 |269 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2nd |
| align="left" | F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
|14 |3 |0 |0 |11 |239 |style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd |
| rowspan="2" |2025
|align=left| Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup | rowspan="2" align=left| Jo Zeller Racing | | | | | | | |
| align=left| F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
| | | | | | | |
† Guest driver – ineligible for points.
=Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results=
(key)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! 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
!nowrap| Jo Zeller Racing !nowrap| Dallara F306 ! Mercedes | LEC | LEC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC1 | VAL | VAL | NOR | NOR | NÜR | NÜR | ZAN | ZAN | BRH | BRH | OSC | OSC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 | | | | | | | | | ! NC ! 0 † |
| 2011
!nowrap| Jo Zeller Racing !nowrap| Dallara F308 ! Mercedes | LEC | LEC | LEC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC1 | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | RBR | RBR | RBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | SIL | SIL | SIL | VAL | VAL | VAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 ! NC ! 0 † |
| 2012
!nowrap| Jo Zeller Racing !nowrap| Dallara F308 ! Mercedes |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BSH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BSH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BSH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC2 | | | ! 12th ! 23 |
† – As Zeller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://jozellerracing.com/ Jo Zeller Racing official website] {{in lang|de}}
- {{DriverDB driver|sandro-zeller}}
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{{Succession box|title=Austria Formula 3 Cup champion|before=Philippe Chuard|after=André Rudersdorf|years=2011}}
{{Succession box|title=Austria Formula 3 Cup champion|before=Jordi Weckx|after=Incumbent|years=2016–18}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeller, Sandro}}
Category:Formula Lista Junior drivers
Category:Austrian Formula Three Championship drivers
Category:German Formula Three Championship drivers
Category:Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
Category:Sportspeople from Uster
Category:British Formula Three Championship drivers
Category:FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers