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| Born | Frédéric Jean Henri Vasseur (1968-05-28)28 May 1968 (age 57) |
| Alma mater | ESTACA |
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| Title | Team Principal |
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| Children | 4 |
Frédéric Jean Henri Vasseur (French pronunciation:[fʁedeʁikvasœʁ]; born 28 May 1968) is a Frenchmotorsport executive, businessman and engineer. Since 2023, Vasseur has served as team principal ofFerrari inFormula One; he previously served as team principal ofRenault,Sauber andAlfa Romeo.
Born and raised inParis, Vasseur studiedautomotive engineering at(ESTACA). He foundedASM in 1996, winning several national and continentalFormula Three championships. In 2004, Vasseur partnered withNicolas Todt to co-foundART Grand Prix, winning theGP2 Series back-to-back withNico Rosberg andLewis Hamilton in2005 and2006, respectively. Until 2017—under the leadership of Vasseur—ART won four GP2 teams' championships, amongst five consecutive titles in theFormula 3 Euro Series from2005 to2009. Vasseur joinedRenault in2016 as their first team principal upon their return to Formula One, resigning at the end of the season and joiningSauber for2017. After six seasons at Sauber—later known asAlfa Romeo—Vasseur moved toFerrari in2023, leading the team to victory at sixGrands Prix, as of the2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Outside of team management, Vasseur foundedSpark Racing Technology in 2013, becoming the official chassis constructor forFormula E in itsinaugural season, and since producing theSRT_01E (2014),SRT05e (2018),Gen3 (2022) andGen3 Evo (2024). Spark also hold the license forExtreme E, producing theOdyssey 21, which has been in use since2021.
Frédéric Jean Henri Vasseur was born on 28 May 1968 inDraveil,Île-de-France, France.[1][2] He married his wife Marie Laure on 31 July 1999 and together they have 4 sons.[3]
Vasseur studied automotive and engineering at Higher School of Aeronautical Techniques and Automotive Construction(ESTACA), graduating in 1995.[4]
In 2004, he jointly formed withNicolas Todt, theART Grand Prix team that won theGP2 Series championship withNico Rosberg in 2005 andLewis Hamilton in 2006.[5]
As the boss of the ASM team in 1998,[4] which, in partnership with Renault, won the FrenchFormula 3 championship withDavid Saelens in 1998, and theFormula 3 Euroseries championships in partnership with Mercedes-Benz withJamie Green,Lewis Hamilton,Paul di Resta andRomain Grosjean, from 2004 to 2007.[5]
At the end of 2013, he obtained the contract from theFIA to construct the 40 chassis for the inauguralFormula E series for his newly formed ventureSpark Racing Technology; the company has continued to keep this contract.[6][7][8]
Vasseur joinedRenault Sport as team principal of the newly formedRenault Sport Formula One Team during the2016 Formula One season. He resigned at the end of the 2016 season after disagreements with the managing director,Cyril Abiteboul, on how the team should be run.[9] Subsequently, he was hired by Sauber in July 2017.[10]
On 12 July 2017, Sauber announced that they had signed up Vasseur as managing director and CEO ofSauber Motorsport as well as team principal of the Sauber F1 Team.[10]
In December 2022, Vasseur replacedMattia Binotto as team principal ofFerrari for the2023 season; he became the fourth non-Italian and the second French person to lead the team.[11] Vasseur achieved his first victory as team principal whenCarlos Sainz Jr. won theSingapore Grand Prix,[12] the only non-Red Bull win of the season. He achieved his first1–2 finish at the2024 Australian Grand Prix.[13] Throughout2024, Vasseur and Ferrari achieved several further wins—inMonaco,Italy, theUnited States andMexico City—with the team finishing runner-up toMcLaren in theWorld Constructors' Championship.[14]
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