Amidst an growing quantity of motion of personnel between groups, McLaren has prolonged the contract of crew principal Andrea Stella.
This 12 months, aside from the annual sport of driver musical chairs, we’re witnessing a major variety of adjustments when it comes to main personnel comparable to engineers, crew principals and technical administrators.
Clearly conscious of this, and equally conscious of the magnificent job he has completed in turning the Woking outfit’s fortunes round, McLaren has prolonged its contract with Andrea Stella.
Since taking over the position of crew principal in December 2022, the crew has progressed quickly beneath his steerage, incomes two Grands Prix wins, an additional 18 Grands Prix podiums and one Dash win.
Previous to his crew principal position, 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 crew 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 12 months, the crew has confirmed multi-year extensions for drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. At present’s announcement reaffirms the long-term stability of the crew in its pursuit of World Championships.
“It is a privilege to be a part of the McLaren Formulation 1 crew,” stated Stella, “and I’m honoured to proceed in my position as Staff Principal. We have made nice strides ahead prior to now 12 months and a half and we nonetheless have much more work to do to constantly struggle on the entrance of the grid, which poses an thrilling problem. Success comes by way of the Staff working in synergy, and I’m having fun with my position, which has allowed me to assist unlock particular person expertise and empower individuals to work collectively in direction of our Staff’s goals.
“My thanks go to Zak for his confidence in me as a pacesetter, to my whole management crew and all my colleagues within the Staff, for his or her continued collaboration and assist. 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 Staff Principal for a number of years,” added Zak Brown. “His glorious management, experience and the respect he holds throughout the crew and Formulation 1 means we couldn’t have a greater individual in place to proceed the pursuit of constantly preventing on the entrance of the grid.
“His impression on McLaren F1 in his position as Staff Principal has been profound, not solely by way of our outcomes on observe and the trajectory of the crew but in addition 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 grow to be World Champions. We’re all trying ahead to the years to return beneath Andrea’s management.”
Curiously, Stella assumed the position of crew 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.
