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Sandro Zeller

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Sandro Zeller
Sandro Zeller at Zandvoort 2012
NationalitySwiss
Born (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)
Uster (Switzerland)
Related toJo Zeller (father)
FIA European Formula Three Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamJo Zeller Racing
Car number17
Starts77
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish27th 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, 2016-18Austria 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

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Karting

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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

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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

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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]

Zeller at the Red Bull Ring in 2024

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

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Career summary

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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 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
2019 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 22 16 5 4 20 298 1st
2020 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 12 11 4 11 11 225 1st
2021 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 10 5 2 3 8 211 1st
2022 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 14 14 ? ? 14 350 1st
2023 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 16 2 1 2 12 259 3rd
F2000 Italian Formula Trophy 12 1 0 0 7 231 3rd
2024 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Jo Zeller Racing 16 4 1 2 14 269 2nd
F2000 Italian Formula Trophy 14 3 0 0 11 239 3rd

† Guest driver – ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(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.

FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

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References

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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.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Philippe Chuard
 Austria Formula 3 Cup champion
2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jordi Weckx
 Austria Formula 3 Cup champion
2016–18 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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