Sandro Zeller

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Sandro Zeller
Sandro Zeller.jpg
Sandro Zeller at Zandvoort 2012
NationalitySwiss
Born (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 33)
Uster (Switzerland)
Related to Jo Zeller (father)
FIA European Formula Three Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Jo Zeller Racing
Car number17
Starts77
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish27th 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

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.

Contents

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. [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

Zeller competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim. Formel3 Mercedes Zeller 2010 amk.jpg
Zeller competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

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]

Zeller at the Red Bull Ring in 2024 Austrian F3 Cup 2024 Spielberg Nr. 44 Zeller.jpg
Zeller at the Red Bull Ring 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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2008 Formula Lista Junior Jo Zeller Racing 1201001714th
2009 Formula Lista Junior Jo Zeller Racing 1211141155th
German Formula Three 20000N/ANC†
2010 German Formula Three Jo Zeller Racing 160000317th
Austria Formula 3 Cup 836561153rd
Formula 3 Euro Series 40000N/ANC†
2011 German Formula Three Jo Zeller Racing 60000515th
Austria Formula 3 Cup 129 ? ?122251st
Formula 3 Euro Series 900000NC
2012 Austria Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 10777101852nd
Formula 3 Euro Series 2400002312th
2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Jo Zeller Racing 300000027th
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A17th
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Jo Zeller Racing 300000027th
2015 Austria Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 41013717th
2016 Austria Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 12964112431st
2017 Austria Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 14986133001st
2018 Austria Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 141379133261st
2019 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 221654202981st
2020 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 1211411112251st
2021 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 1052382111st
2022 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 1414??143501st
2023 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 16212122593rd
F2000 Italian Formula Trophy 1210072313rd
2024 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 16412142692nd
F2000 Italian Formula Trophy 14300112393rd
2025 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing
F2000 Italian Formula Trophy

† Guest driver – ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627DCPoints
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
NC0 †
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
NC0 †
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
12th23

 – As Zeller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

  1. "LO Formel Lista Junior 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  2. "LO Formel Lista Junior 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  3. "27 cars on the season-finale grid". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
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