Sandro Zeller
| Sandro Zeller | |
|---|---|
 Sandro Zeller at Zandvoort 2012 | |
| Nationality |
 Swiss |
| Born |
16 November 1991 Uster (Switzerland) |
| Related to | Jo Zeller (father) |
| FIA European Formula Three Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Jo Zeller Racing |
| Car no. | 17 |
| Starts | 77 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 27th 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 | 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.
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
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]
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
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Formula Lista Junior | Jo Zeller Racing | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14th |
| 2009 | Formula Lista Junior | Jo Zeller Racing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 5th |
| German Formula Three | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | ||
| 2010 | German Formula Three | Jo Zeller Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 115 | 3rd | ||
| Formula 3 Euro Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | ||
| 2011 | German Formula Three | Jo Zeller Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15th |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | 12 | 9 | ? | ? | 12 | 225 | 1st | ||
| Formula 3 Euro Series | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2012 | Austria Formula 3 Cup | Jo Zeller Racing | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 185 | 2nd |
| Formula 3 Euro Series | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12th | ||
| 2013 | FIA European Formula 3 Championship | Jo Zeller Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 17th | ||
| 2014 | FIA European Formula 3 Championship | Jo Zeller Racing | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2015 | Austria Formula 3 Cup | Jo Zeller Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 7th |
† Guest driver – ineligible for points.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
| 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 | 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 |
NC | 0 † | |||||||||
| 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 |
NC | 0 † |
| 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 |
12th | 23 |
† – As Zeller was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
References
- ↑ "LO Formel Lista Junior 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ↑ "LO Formel Lista Junior 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ↑ "27 cars on the season-finale grid". formel3.de. ATS Formel 3. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ↑ "Nearly all race seats assigned". motorsport.com; formel3.de. German Formula Three Championship. 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ↑ "A Hockenheim ci sono 17 iscritti". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandro Zeller. |
- Jo Zeller Racing official website (German)
- Sandro Zeller career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Philippe Chuard |
Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2011 |
Succeeded by André Rudersdorf |