Zele Racing
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Hermann Zele Michael Zele |
| Current series | TCR International Series |
| Former series | Auto GP (2012-2015) |
| Drivers' Championships |
Auto GP (2015) |
| Website | http://www.zele-racing.com/ |
Zele Racing is an Austrian auto racing team currently competing in the TCR International Series. The team has raced in the Auto GP series claiming the series final championship in 2015.
The team was founded by father and son duo Hermann and Michael Zele to compete in the regional Interserie. The team ran Formula Opel Lotus cars for Peter Milavec and Christoph Hingartner finishing first and second in the championship standings.
The team made its professional racing debut in the 2002 World Series by Nissan season. Argentine racer Nicolás Filiberti scored the best results for the team. Filiberti's best result was a fourth place at Circuito del Jarama and ended twelfth in the series championship. Receiving sponsorship from Austrian asset management firm Superfund Group the team returned in the series for 2003. The team scored mixed results with one podium finish for Norbert Siedler. Siedler finished fifteenth in the series standings as the best Zele Racing driver. Christiano Rocha scored podium finishes in the Euro Formula 3000 series, the later Auto GP, in 2004.
Zele Racing was in charge developing the stillborn Formula Superfund series. The series was intended to start for the 2005 season racing the Force 10 SF01 car replacing the Italian Formula 3000 championship.Patrick Lemarié tested the car at Estoril. Lemarié had a heavy crash and the series was therefor suspended indefinitely.
Between 2007 and 2012 the team focused on the Interserie, EuroBOSS and BOSS GP series. In 2010 the team won the final season of the original EuroBOSS series. The teams drivers Damien Charveriat and Andreas Zuber each won two races of the season that was canceled after four races. The drivers ran Dallara GP2/05 chassis, previously used in the GP2 Series until 2008.
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