Andrea Stella
Andrea Stella is McLaren's team principal, succeeding Andreas Seidl, who moved to Sauber in 2023 as the new CEO. Stella was born on 22 February 1971 in Orvieto, Italy. Previously, he served as McLaren’s racing director before being promoted following Seidl’s departure.
Stella spent significant time at Ferrari, starting as a performance engineer for the test team and advancing to performance engineer for Michael Schumacher, and later Kimi Räikkönen. He then became race engineer for the Finnish driver, continuing in this role with Fernando Alonso before joining McLaren in 2015. In 2023, he was rewarded with the position of team principal.