Frédéric Vasseur

Frédéric Jean Henri Vasseur (born 28 May 1968) is a French motorsport executive, businessman and engineer. Since 2023, Vasseur has served as team principal of Ferrari in Formula One; he previously served as team principal of Renault, Sauber and Alfa Romeo.

Born and raised in Paris, Vasseur studied aeronautical engineering at (ESTACA). He founded ASM in 1996, winning several national and continental Formula Three championships. In 2004, Vasseur partnered with Nicolas Todt to co-found ART Grand Prix, winning the GP2 Series back-to-back with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Until 2017—under the leadership of Vasseur—ART won four GP2 teams' championships, amongst five consecutive titles in the Formula 3 Euro Series from 2005 to 2009. Vasseur joined Renault in 2016 as their first team principal upon their return to Formula One, resigning at the end of the season and joining Sauber for 2017. After six seasons at Sauber—later known as Alfa Romeo—Vasseur moved to Ferrari in 2023, leading the team to victory at six Grands Prix, as of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.

Outside of team management, Vasseur founded Spark Racing Technology in 2013, becoming the official chassis constructor for Formula E in its inaugural season, and since producing the SRT_01E (2014), SRT05e (2018), Gen3 (2022) and Gen3 Evo (2024). Spark also hold the license for Extreme E, producing the Odyssey 21, which has been in use since 2021.