Andrea Stella (born 22 February 1971) is an Italian engineer and the current team principal of McLaren F1 Team.[1] He was previously performance engineer and race engineer at Scuderia Ferrari.
Andrea Stella | |
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 Stella at the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix | |
| Born | 22 February 1971 Orvieto, Italy |
| Education | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Occupation | Team Principal |
| Employer | McLaren F1 Team |
Education
editStella graduated in aerospace engineering at La Sapienza University in Rome.[2][3] In 2000, he completed a PhD in mechanical engineering with an experimental study on fluid dynamics of flames.[3]
Formula One career
editScuderia Ferrari
editStella began his career at Ferrari in 2000 as performance engineer for the test team, before becoming performance engineer for Michael Schumacher (2002–2006) and then Kimi Räikkönen (2007–2008). He moved to become race engineer for Räikkönen (2009) and Fernando Alonso (2010–2014).[2] In 2006, he also worked as track engineer with Valentino Rossi, when the motorbike racer tested with Ferrari with the idea of a prospective move to Formula One.[4]
McLaren Racing
editStella joined McLaren in 2015 as head of race operations, moving to Performance Director in 2018 and racing director in 2019.[2] In the latter role, he formed a triumvirate with James Key as technical director and Piers Thynne as production director, all under team principal Andreas Seidl.[5][6]
On 13 December 2022, it was announced that Stella would replace Seidl as team principal of McLaren, ahead of the 2023 season. In the 2024 season, Stella led the team to its first World Constructor's Championship win since 1998.
References
edit- ^ "We can confirm the appointment of Andrea Stella as our new F1 Team Principal with immediate effect, with Andreas Seidl leaving the team for a new challenge". Twitter. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "McLaren Racing - Team - Andrea Stella". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Andrea Stella story". Euroavia Forlì-Bologna. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Canseco, Marco (21 November 2018). ""El proceso de ser humilde es lo que caracteriza a Alonso"". Marca.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Andrea Stella promoted to McLaren Racing Director role". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "McLaren: Andrea Stella promoted in Andreas Seidl's three-pronged restructure". BBC Sport. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.