McLaren have prolonged the contract of its group boss Andrea Stella following a robust first-half of the season that has seen the long-lasting British group develop into real world championship contenders.
Since taking over the function of Group Principal in December 2022, the group has progressed quickly beneath his steering, incomes two Grands Prix wins, an extra 18 Grands Prix podiums and one Dash win.
Previous to his Group Principal function, Andrea 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, Andrea began his profession at Ferrari, working as Efficiency Engineer for Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen after which as Race Engineer for Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso throughout his 15-year tenure.
Prior to now 12 months, the group have confirmed multi-year extensions for drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Talking of his freshly-extended contract, Stella added: “It’s a privilege to be a part of the McLaren Formulation 1 Group, and I’m honoured to proceed in my function as Group Principal.
“We’ve made nice strides ahead prior to now 12 months 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 folks to work collectively in the direction of our Group’s aims.
“My thanks go to Zak for his confidence in me as a frontrunner, to my total 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.”
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— McLaren (@McLarenF1) August 1, 2024
Commenting on the announcement, McLaren CEO, Zak Brown famous: “I’m delighted to verify we’ve prolonged Andrea’s contract as our F1 Group Principal for a number of years.
“His wonderful management, experience and the respect he holds inside the group, and Formulation 1, means we couldn’t have a greater particular person 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 growth of our tradition and mindset.
“With multi-year extensions already agreed with Lando, Oscar, and now Andrea, we are able to confidently proceed on our quest to develop into World Champions. We’re all wanting ahead to the years to return beneath Andrea’s management.”
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