Frédéric Vasseur

Nationality: French

Born: 28th May 1968

F1 Career:

• 2019-2022 Team Principal of Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN

• 2017-Managing Director & CEO of Sauber Motorsport AG

• 2017-2018 Team Principal of the Sauber F1 Team

• 2016-2017 Team Principal of the Renault F1 Team inclusivity. The team partners with the charity Save the Children to advance children's rights around the world. Support from the team helps Save the Children run projects in Switzerland and globally.

Members of Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN also take an active role in their personal sustainability. “For the last three years, whenever I fly, I always offset my carbon footprint,” explained Mr Bottas. “And I fly a lot, including private flights. However, I offset basically twice the carbon for every flight.”

For all the technological wonders of the latest Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 car to have a wider impact, these sustainable developments in F1 need to trickle down to road cars. “Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN is a good example of this,” Mr Vasseur agreed, “because we are almost on the same path, with the road car division moving to hybrid and fully electric cars.

“Hybrid technology is already here. Some countries are still pushing for fully electric vehicles, but it absolutely makes sense for F1 to stick to this technology. And we have to keep in mind that we will introduce more developments in 2026 with the sustainable fuel.”

The future for F1 and Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN remains sustainable and a source of inspiration for the global audience of motorsport fans. This combination of innovative technology and a motivated team is a winning formula.

“Being able to race against the best drivers,” Mr Bottas said, “the best teams, on the best tracks in the world, that is really, really cool. But also, how innovative F1 is as a sport, how much the technology can help the future of the earth, with a big push for sustainability, that is also pretty cool.”

“I love competition,” concluded Mr Vasseur, “simply the competition! Coming from a racing background, I'm always trying to motivate the company, to show that we need to do a better job tomorrow than we did today.”