Introduction
Frédéric Vasseur (born in 1968 in Draveil, Ile-de-France) is a French motor sport engineer and manager with a long career managing Formula-series teams. He is currently the Managing Director & CEO as well as Team Principal of Swiss based Sauber Motorsport AG.
Career
Vasseur studied aeronautics and engineering before starting his career in the junior Formula-series creating his own team, ASM. Known for his success and fostering talent he eventually moved onto Formula 1 as Race Director and eventually Team Principal for Renault F1 before parting ways with the team in 2016 due to having different visions in managing the team to that of the teams senior management. Subsequently to this he was hired by Sauber in July 2017.
ASM
Vasseur graduated from ESTECA and founded the ASM team in 1996, which in partnership with Renault, won the French Formula 3 championship with David Saelens in 1998, and the Formula 3 Euroseries championships in partnership with Mercedes-Benz with Jamie Green, Lewis Hamilton, Paul di Resta and Romain Grosjean, from 2004 to 2007.
ART Grand Prix
In 2004 he joined Nicolas Todt to form the ART Grand Prix team that won the GP2 Series championship with Nico Rosberg in 2005 and Lewis Hamilton in 2006.
Spark Racing Technology
At the end of 2013, he obtained the contract from the FIA to construct the 40 chassis for the inaugural Formula E series for his newly formed venture Spark Racing Technology; and the company has continued to keep this contract.
Renault Sport F1 Team
Frédéric Vasseur joined Renault Sport to serve as Team Principal of the newly formed Renault Sport Formula One Team during the 2016 Formula One season, he later resigned at the end of the 2016 season after disagreements with Managing Director Cyril Abiteboul on how the team should be run.
Sauber F1 Team
On 12th of July 2017, Sauber announced that they signed up Frédéric Vasseur as Managing Director & CEO of Sauber Motorsport AG as well as Team Principal of the Sauber F1 Team.