Why McLaren’s low profile F1 gem was its number one team boss choice
OPINION: Andrea Stella may not have been a name thrown around as a potential team principal for 2023. But the shock moves among senior team personnel in Formula 1 in recent days have led to the quiet Stella taking the reins at McLaren following Andreas Seidl's exit to Sauber. As far as McLaren was concerned, though, he was the only man for the job
As the dust settles on this week’s remarkable Formula 1 team boss merry-go-round, there is one figure who has emerged as a surprise new entrant to the club. While Fred Vasseur was always favourite to replace Mattia Binotto at Ferrari, and Andreas Seidl would be on the wish list of any F1 squad, it is Andrea Stella’s promotion at McLaren that caught everyone on the hop.
But while few outside of McLaren would have anticipated racing director Stella as being an automatic candidate for the role of team principal, the squad’s CEO Zak Brown was clear that he never considered anyone else for the role.
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