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Swiss mechanic

Beat Zehnder
Born (1966-01-09) 9 January 1966 (age 58)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
CitizenshipSwiss
OccupationEngineer
EmployerAlfa Romeo Racing
Known forFormula One mechanic and team manager
TitleSporting director

Beat Zehnder (born 9 January 1966) is a Swiss Formula One engineer. He is currently the sporting director at the Sauber Formula One team. He has been with the Swiss team since its inception in 1993, and has attended every single race.

Career

Beat Zehnder has been a part of the Sauber family since the 1980s. He started with the Swiss outfit as a mechanic in the early days of the team's partnership with Mercedes Benz, moving from the number two mechanic to the number one in the space of a year. When the team began to concentrate their efforts on launching their own F1 team, he moved across from the mechanics side to work on logistics. However, Zehnder was swiftly returned to his mechanics duties, becoming the team manager and chief mechanic in 1994. In 1995, Peter Sauber asked Zehnder to concentrate exclusively on logistics and team management and thus he became the team manager, which is a role he still holds today, albeit in an evolved form as Sporting Director at the renamed Alfa Romeo Racing. In his current role Zehnder represents the team in discussions with the FIA and sporting working group as well as managing logistics and garage operations. Throughout his time at the Swiss team, Zehnder has mentored many drivers such as Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica and Charles Leclerc.

Personal life

Zehnder is married to Nadine Imboden [de]. The couple were married in 31 December 2006.

References

  1. "Beat Zehnder". SauberF1Team.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. "Get to know Beat Zehnder – the F1 ironman who has been with Sauber for all 500 Grands Prix". F1.com.
  3. "Beat Zehnder". Sidepodcast.com.
  4. "Celebrating a legend of the sport – Beat Zehnder". Sauber motorsport.
  5. "Alfa team manager on Covid F1's logistical headaches". planetf1. 26 April 2021.
  6. ""There's still five in front of me": How Raikkonen reacted to sixth on his debut". racefans.net. 16 September 2021.
  7. "Beat Zehnder 25 Jahre Teammanager bei Sauber – Weltrekord". Blick (in German). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. "Gefunkt hat es im Stau Schweizer Illustrierte Homestory 2003" (PDF). Nadine-Imboden.ch (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
Italy Alfa Romeo in Formula One Switzerland
Alfa Romeo S.p.A. (19501951)
Notable personnel
Carlo Chiti
Gioacchino Colombo
Notable drivers
Italy Luigi Fagioli
United Kingdom Reg Parnell
Italy Felice Bonetto
World Champion(s)
Italy Giuseppe Farina
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Drivers' titles
1950
1951
Formula One cars
158
159
Related
Alfa Romeo S.p.A.
Alfa Corse
Autodelta/Team Alfa Romeo (19791985)
Notable personnel
Robert Choulet
Gérard Ducarouge
Notable drivers
Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Italy Vittorio Brambilla
Italy Andrea de Cesaris
United States Mario Andretti
Italy Mauro Baldi
Italy Riccardo Patrese
United States Eddie Cheever
Formula One cars
177
179
179B
179C
179D
182
183T
184T
185T
184TB
Related
Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo F1 Team (2019–2023)
Notable personnel
Alessandro Alunni Bravi
Ruth Buscombe
Luca Furbatto
Jan Monchaux
Xevi Pujolar
Simone Resta
Julien Simon-Chautemps
Frédéric Vasseur
Ian Wright
Beat Zehnder
Notable drivers
Finland Valtteri Bottas
 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
China Zhou Guanyu
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Academy drivers
France Théo Pourchaire
Switzerland Léna Bühler
Formula One cars
C38
C39
C41
C42
C43
Related
Sauber Motorsport AG
Switzerland Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
Founder
Peter Sauber
Current
2024 drivers
China Zhou Guanyu
Finland Valtteri Bottas
2025 drivers
Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto
Germany Nico Hülkenberg
2024 reserve drivers
Barbados Zane Maloney
France Théo Pourchaire
Sauber Academy drivers
Switzerland Léna Bühler
Barbados Zane Maloney
Germany Taym Saleh
Germany Carrie Schreiner
France 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
Austria Karl Wendlinger
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
France Jean Alesi
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Brazil Felipe Massa
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Poland Robert Kubica
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Mexico Sergio Pérez
Sweden Marcus Ericsson
Monaco 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
Germany 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
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Poland Robert Kubica
Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Germany 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)
Brazil Nelson Piquet
Drivers' titles
1983
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