Andrea Stella (engineer)

Andrea Stella (born 22 February 1971) is an Italian engineer, currently the team principal of McLaren F1 Team.[1] He was previously performance engineer and race engineer at Scuderia Ferrari.

Andrea Stella
Born (1971-02-22) 22 February 1971
Orvieto, Italy
NationalityItaly Italian
EducationSapienza University of Rome
OccupationTeam Principal
EmployerMcLaren F1 Team

Education

He 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

Scuderia Ferrari

He began his career at Ferrari in 2000 as performance engineer for the test team, before being performance engineer for Michael Schumacher (2002–2006) then Kimi Räikkönen (2007–2008). He moved to become race engineer for Räikkönen (2009), before becoming race engineer for Fernando Alonso (2010–2014).[2] In 2006, he also worked as track engineer with Valentino Rossi, when the motorcyclist had a test with Ferrari.[4]

McLaren Racing

He 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, he was announced to replace Seidl as team principal of McLaren, ahead of the 2023 season.

References
  1. "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.
  2. "McLaren Racing - Team - Andrea Stella". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. "Andrea Stella story". Euroavia Forlì-Bologna. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. "Andrea Stella promoted to McLaren Racing Director role". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. "McLaren: Andrea Stella promoted in Andreas Seidl's three-pronged restructure". BBC Sport. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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