Andrea Stella will be at McLaren for a long time to come
The surprise of Gianpiero Lambiase‘s hiring by McLaren initially led to speculation that the Italian-English engineer might have a future as team principal of the Woking team, especially since some rumors had Andrea Stella in contact with Ferrari. The news soon proved to be unfounded, and the official statement with which the papaya garage announced the arrival of “GP” from Red Bull already certified that the team’s helm is firmly in the hands of the engineer and manager from Orvieto. Reaffirming, if there were still any need, the centrality of Stella’s role for McLaren is the CEO of the English team, Zak Brown.
Zak Brown speaks
During a long video conference in which FormulaPassion.it also had the opportunity to participate, the American manager further expressed a signal of almost unconditional trust in the team principal who has given him two Constructors’ titles and one Drivers’ title in the last two years. “Can I confirm – he said – that this rumor (about Lambiase leading the team instead of Stella, ed.) is completely meaningless? Yes, I confirm it! It’s absolutely nonsense. There are some teams that circulate and fuel these kinds of rumors, but with us, this kind of ploy doesn’t work“.
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“Andrea is very attached to McLaren and we are very attached to Andrea and – adds Zak Brown – we couldn’t be happier with the current situation. You will see him wearing the McLaren shirt for quite some time to come. Possible tensions between him and Lambiase? They will work well 100%, in fact, it was Andrea Stella himself who made the final decision to hire Gianpiero“. Lambiase will arrive in Woking starting from the 2028 Formula 1 season to play a role as right-hand man to the team principal, not too dissimilar from the one he currently holds at Red Bull.
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