Transfer time in Formula 1: After Ferrari, McLaren is also changing the team boss

The McLaren Formula 1 team has promoted Andrea Stella to team boss. The 51-year-old Italian succeeds the German Andreas Seidl, who is moving to the Sauber Group, which now competes in the premier class of motorsport under the name Alfa Romeo. Seidl becomes General Manager of the Swiss team.

McLaren is not the first to announce today that it will continue with another team boss. Today it was announced that Frédéric Vasseur is the new team principal of the Ferrari Formula 1 team. He leaves the other Italian racing team: Alfa Romeo. We’ll come back to who replaces him later in this article.

Andrea Stella is not new to McLaren

First to Andrea Stella. He has been with McLaren since 2015 in a senior technical position. Before that he worked at Ferrari. He is going into the new year with drivers Lando Norris and newcomer Oscar Piastri, who has replaced Daniel Ricciardo.

Seidl on Alfa Romeo

Seidl once again succeeds Frédéric Vasseur, who has been appointed General Manager and Team Principal at Ferrari. The German has been team boss at McLaren for four years. He will join a team that will operate under the Alfa Romeo name for another year. From 2026, Audi will join the Sauber team as a new engine supplier. “This is a team with a rich history in Formula 1 and an organization that I know very well,” Seidl said of his new team.