Andreas Seidl

Executive

Birthday January 6, 1976

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Passau, West Germany

Age 48 years old

Nationality Germany

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1976

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

He is currently the chief executive officer of Sauber Motorsport, and previously team principal of the McLaren Formula One team and the hybrid Porsche LMP1 program.

Seidl graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a diploma in mechanical engineering.

2000

Seidl worked in F1 for BMW between 2000 and 2009.

2012

After BMW withdrew from Formula 1, Seidl then managed BMW's DTM comeback in 2012.

2013

In 2013, Seidl joined the Porsche LMP1 squad as director of race operations and was promoted to team principal in 2014.

2019

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.