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Andreas Seidl
Seidl at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix
Born	(1976-01-06) 6 January 1976 (age 48) Passau, West Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Motorsport executive

Andreas Seidl (born 6 January 1976) is a German motorsport engineer and manager. 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.

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 Sauber Motorsport in January 2023, and would leave McLaren with immediate effect.

On 8 March 2024, Seidl was announced as the CEO of Audi's Formula One operations. 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.

References

1. "Andreas Seidl – Team Principal LMP1". Porsche Road & Race. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
2. "Porsche's Andreas Seidl Is New McLaren F1 Chief". Ferdinand Magazine. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
3. "McLaren appoint Andreas Seidl as new F1 boss". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
4. "Sauber Group appoints Andreas Seidl as Chief Executive Officer". Sauber Group. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
5. "McLaren Formula 1 appoints Andrea Stella as new Team Principal with immediate effect". McLaren Racing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
6. Noble, Jonathan (8 March 2024). "Audi confirms takeover of Sauber; appoints Seidl as F1 CEO". Autosport.
7. "Mattia Binotto takes over a leadership position for Audi in Formula 1". Audi MediaCenter. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

v t e Audi in Formula One
Personnel Adam Baker (CEO, power unit) Mattia Binotto (COO and CTO, race team) Jonathan Wheatley (Team Principal) Former personnel Oliver Hoffmann Andreas Seidl 2026 race drivers 27. Nico Hülkenberg 5. Gabriel Bortoleto Simulator driver Neel Jani Related Audi Audi Sport Sauber Motorsport

v t e Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
Founder	Peter Sauber
Current	Alessandro Alunni Bravi Mattia Binotto James Key Iñaki Rueda Beat Zehnder
2024 drivers	Zhou Guanyu Valtteri Bottas
2025 drivers	Gabriel Bortoleto Nico Hülkenberg
2024 reserve drivers	Zane Maloney Théo Pourchaire
Sauber Academy drivers	Léna Bühler Zane Maloney Taym Saleh Carrie Schreiner Théo Pourchaire
Notable personnel	Mariano Alperin [ja] Alessandro Alunni Bravi Ruth Buscombe Elliot Dason-Barber Dirk de Beer André de Cortanze Jost Capito Jacky Eeckelaert Luca Furbatto Eric Gandelin René Hilhorst [ja] Nicolas Hennel Monisha Kaltenborn James Key Mike Krack Jan Monchaux Matt Morris Seamus Mullarkey Steve Nichols Tom McCullough John Owen Xevi Pujolar Willy Rampf Leo Ress [ja] Simone Resta Sergio Rinland Andreas Seidl Loïc Serra Mark Smith Julien Simon-Chautemps Willem Toet Mario Theissen Frédéric Vasseur Pierre Waché Ben Waterhouse Max Welti Ian Wright Jörg Zander Beat Zehnder Christoph Zimmermann
Notable drivers	Karl Wendlinger Heinz-Harald Frentzen Johnny Herbert Jean Alesi Nick Heidfeld Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Giancarlo Fisichella Jacques Villeneuve Robert Kubica Sebastian Vettel Kamui Kobayashi Sergio Pérez Marcus Ericsson Charles Leclerc
Former drivers	See category
Sportscars	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 SHS C6 C7 C8 C9 C11 C291 C292
Formula One cars	C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 F1.06 F1.07 F1.08 F1.09 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 As Alfa Romeo C38 C39 C41 C42 C43 C44

v t e McLaren Racing
Personnel Founder Bruce McLaren Ambassador Mika Häkkinen Current Zak Brown (Chief Executive Officer) Andrea Stella (Team Principal) Rob Marshall Neil Oatley Peter Prodromou Tom Stallard Former Ben Agathangelou Giorgio Ascanelli John Barnard Bob Bell Matt Bishop Éric Boullier Marcin Budkowski Adrian Burgess Alastair Caldwell Jost Capito Bernadette Collins Gordon Coppuck Mike Coughlan Peter Crolla Gil de Ferran Luca Furbatto Ron Dennis Henri Durand Mike Elliott Pat Fry Tim Goss Mark Gillan [ja] Steve Hallam Norbert Haug Robin Herd Jürgen Hubbert John Iley James Key Simon Lacey Werner Laurenz Paddy Lowe Neil Martin Teddy Mayer Sam Michael Paul Monaghan Matt Morris Gordon Murray Jonathan Neale Adrian Newey Steve Nichols Mansour Ojjeh Ciaron Pilbeam Mark Preston Phil Prew [ja] Jo Ramírez Dave Redding Simon Roberts Dave Ryan David Sanchez Wolfgang Schattling Andreas Seidl Mark Slade Rob Taylor Nikolas Tombazis Hans-Ulrich Maik Joan Villadelprat Mark Williams Martin Whitmarsh
Drivers Current drivers 4. Found state, Lando Norris 81. Found state, Oscar Piastri Reserve drivers Found state, Pato O'Ward Found state, Ryō Hirakawa Test and development drivers Found state, Oliver Turvey Found state, Will Stevens Driver Development Programme Found state, Pato O'Ward Found state, Ryō Hirakawa Found state, Gabriel Bortoleto Found state, Bianca Bustamante Found state, Ugo Ugochukwu Found state, Alex Dunne Found state, Martinius Stenshorne Found state, Dries Van Langendonck Found state, Brando Badoer Found state, Ella Lloyd F1 World Champions Found state, Emerson Fittipaldi Found state, Lewis Hamilton Found state, James Hunt Found state, Mika Häkkinen Found state, Niki Lauda Found state, Alain Prost Found state, Ayrton Senna Race winners Bruce McLaren Denny Hulme Peter Revson Emerson Fittipaldi Jochen Mass James Hunt John Watson Niki Lauda Alain Prost Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger David Coulthard Mika Häkkinen Kimi Räikkönen Juan Pablo Montoya Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton Heikki Kovalainen Jenson Button Daniel Ricciardo Lando Norris Oscar Piastri Former drivers See category
Formula One titles Drivers' titles 1974 1976 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1998 1999 2008 Constructors' titles 1974 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1998 2024
Cars Formula One M2B M4B M5A M7A M7B M7C M7D M9A M14A M14D M19A M19C M23 M26 M28 M29 M29B M29C M29F M30 MP4 (MP4/1) MP4B (MP4/1B) MP4/1C MP4/1E MP4/2 MP4/2B MP4/2C MP4/3 MP4/4 MP4/5 MP4/5B MP4/6 MP4/6B MP4/7A MP4/8 MP4/9 MP4/10 MP4/10B MP4/10C MP4/11 MP4/11B MP4/12 MP4/13 MP4/14 MP4/15 MP4-16 MP4-17 MP4-17D MP4-19 MP4-19B MP4-20 MP4-21 MP4-22 MP4-23 MP4-24 MP4-25 MP4-26 MP4-27 MP4-28 MP4-29 MP4-30 MP4-31 MCL32 MCL33 MCL34 MCL35 MCL35M MCL36 MCL60 MCL38 Formula Two M4A M21 Sports cars Zerex Special M1A M1B M1C M6A M6B M6GT M8A M8B M8C M8D M8E M8F M8FP M12 M20 F1 GTR 12C GT3 650S GT3 P1 GTR USAC/IndyCar M15 M16A M16B M16C M16C/D M16E M24 F5000/Libre M3 M10A M10B M18 M22 M25 Development cars M2A MP4-18 MP4-29H/1X1
Related Arrow McLaren Project Four Racing West Competition

v t e BMW in Formula One
Notable personnel Toni Cuquerella Dirk de Beer Markus Duesmann Mike Krack Seamus Mullarkey Ossi Oikarinen John Owen Heinz Paschen Willy Rampf Peter Sauber Andreas Seidl Loïc Serra Mario Theissen Willem Toet Pierre Waché Ben Waterhouse Jörg Zander Christoph Zimmermann Beat Zehnder Notable drivers Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica Jacques Villeneuve Sebastian Vettel Formula One cars F1.06 F1.07 F1.08 F1.09 Related BMW Motorsport Sauber Motorsport
As an engine manufacturer World Champion(s) Nelson Piquet Drivers' titles 1983

• Living people
• 1976 births
• BMW people
• Engineers from Bavaria
• Formula One team principals
• German automotive engineers
• German motorsport people
• McLaren people
• Porsche people
• People from Passau
• Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria
• Audi people