McLaren has given crew principal Andrea Stella a multi-year contract extension, rewarding his function within the vital progress made throughout his tenure up to now.
Stella took over as crew principal from Andreas Seidl forward of the 2023 season, and whereas McLaren began that 12 months a great distance off the tempo he put in a brand new technical construction that helped ship a transparent step ahead mid-season final 12 months. An analogous step was present in Miami this 12 months to place McLaren able to win a number of races, and with the crew quickly closing in on leaders Crimson Bull within the constructors’ championship, Stella is about to stay on the head of the System 1 crew for plenty of years to come back.
“It’s a privilege to be a part of the McLaren System 1 crew, and I’m honored to proceed in my function as crew principal,” Stella mentioned. “We’ve made nice strides ahead previously 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 the crew 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 direction of our crew’s goals.
“My thanks go to Zak [Brown] for his confidence in me as a pacesetter, to my complete management crew and all my colleagues within the crew, for his or her continued collaboration and help. I’m excited for what we will proceed to attain collectively.”
The settlement follows new multi-year contracts for drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri over the previous 12 months, with McLaren Racing CEO Brown — who has beforehand admitted Stella had a fair greater affect than he anticipated — saying the important thing parts are in place to permit McLaren to combat for championships with regularity shifting ahead.
“I’m delighted to substantiate we’ve prolonged Andrea’s contract as our F1 crew principal for a number of years,” Brown mentioned. “His wonderful management, experience and the respect he holds throughout the crew and System 1 means we couldn’t have a greater particular person in place to proceed the pursuit of constantly preventing on the entrance of the grid.
“His affect on McLaren F1 in his function as crew principal has been profound, not solely by our outcomes on observe and the trajectory of the crew but additionally in his improvement of our tradition and mindset.
“With multi-year extensions already agreed with Lando, Oscar, and now Andrea, we will confidently proceed on our quest to grow to be world champions. We’re all trying ahead to the years to come back beneath Andrea’s management.”
