Beat Zehnder (born 9 January 1966)[1] 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.[2]
Beat Zehnder | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 January 1966 |
| Nationality |  Swiss |
| Citizenship | Swiss |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Employer | Alfa Romeo Racing |
| Known for | Formula One mechanic and team manager |
| Title | Sporting director |
Career
editBeat 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.[3] However, Zehnder was swiftly returned to his mechanics duties, becoming the team manager and chief mechanic in 1994.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
Personal life
editZehnder is married to Nadine Imboden. The couple were married in 31 December 2006.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Beat Zehnder". SauberF1Team.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Get to know Beat Zehnder – the F1 ironman who has been with Sauber for all 500 Grands Prix". F1.com.
- ^ "Beat Zehnder". Sidepodcast.com.
- ^ "Celebrating a legend of the sport – Beat Zehnder". Sauber motorsport.
- ^ "Alfa team manager on Covid F1's logistical headaches". planetf1. 26 April 2021.
- ^ ""There's still five in front of me": How Raikkonen reacted to sixth on his debut". racefans.net. 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Beat Zehnder 25 Jahre Teammanager bei Sauber – Weltrekord". Blick (in German). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Gefunkt hat es im Stau Schweizer Illustrierte Homestory 2003" (PDF). Nadine-Imboden.ch (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2024.