Sandro Zeller

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 number	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, 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.

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.

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
2009	German Formula Three	Jo Zeller Racing	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
2012	Formula 3 Euro Series	Jo Zeller Racing	24	0	0	0	0	23	12th
2013	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Jo Zeller Racing	30	0	0	0	0	0	27th
2013	Masters of Formula 3	Jo Zeller Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
2014	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Jo Zeller Racing	30	0	0	0	0	0	27th
2015	Austria Formula 3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	4	1	0	1	3	71	7th
2016	Austria Formula 3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	12	9	6	4	11	243	1st
2017	Austria Formula 3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	14	9	8	6	13	300	1st
2018	Austria Formula 3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	14	13	7	9	13	326	1st

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

External links

Jo Zeller Racing official website (in German)
Sandro Zeller career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Philippe Chuard	Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2011	Succeeded by André Rudersdorf
Preceded by Jordi Weckx	Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2016-18	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[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.