Amidst an rising quantity of motion of personnel between groups, McLaren has prolonged the contract of group principal Andrea Stella.
This yr, aside from the annual recreation of driver musical chairs, we’re witnessing a major variety of adjustments when it comes to main personnel akin to engineers, group principals and technical administrators.
Clearly conscious of this, and equally conscious of the magnificent job he has carried out in turning the Woking outfit’s fortunes round, McLaren has prolonged its contract with Andrea Stella.
Since taking on the function of group principal in December 2022, the group has progressed quickly beneath his steering, incomes two Grands Prix wins, an additional 18 Grands Prix podiums and one Dash win.
Previous to his group principal function, Stella labored as Head of Race Operations and Efficiency Director, earlier than being promoted to Govt Director, Racing in 2019. Earlier than becoming a member of the group in 2015, he began his profession at Ferrari, working as Efficiency Engineer for Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen after which as Race Engineer for Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso throughout his 15-year tenure.
Previously yr, the group has confirmed multi-year extensions for drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Right this moment’s announcement reaffirms the long-term stability of the group in its pursuit of World Championships.
“It is a privilege to be a part of the McLaren System 1 group,” mentioned Stella, “and I’m honoured to proceed in my function as Group Principal. We have made nice strides ahead up to now yr and a half and we nonetheless have much more work to do to constantly combat on the entrance of the grid, which poses an thrilling problem. Success comes by means of the Group working in synergy, and I’m having fun with my function, which has allowed me to assist unlock particular person expertise and empower individuals to work collectively in the direction of our Group’s targets.
“My thanks go to Zak for his confidence in me as a frontrunner, to my whole management group and all my colleagues within the Group, for his or her continued collaboration and help. I’m excited for what we are able to proceed to attain collectively.”
“I’m delighted to verify we have prolonged Andrea’s contract as our F1 Group Principal for a number of years,” added Zak Brown. “His wonderful management, experience and the respect he holds throughout the group and System 1 means we couldn’t have a greater individual in place to proceed the pursuit of constantly combating on the entrance of the grid.
“His influence on McLaren F1 in his function as Group Principal has been profound, not solely by means of our outcomes on observe and the trajectory of the group but additionally in his improvement of our tradition and mind-set.
“With multi-year extensions already agreed with Lando, Oscar, and now Andrea, we are able to confidently proceed on our quest to turn out to be World Champions. We’re all trying ahead to the years to return beneath Andrea’s management.”
Apparently, Stella assumed the function of group principal following the departure of Andreas Seidl to Audi in preparation for its entry to F1 in 2026. Simply a few weeks in the past, Audi introduced that Seidl had been dropped in favour of Mattia Binotto.
