Andrea Stella (engineer)

Team principal of McLaren F1 Team (born 1971)

Andrea Stella
Born	(1971-02-22) 22 February 1971 (age 53) Orvieto, Italy
Education	Sapienza University of Rome
Occupation	Team Principal
Employer	McLaren F1 Team

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

Education

Stella 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

Stella 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 perspective move to Formula One.^[4]

McLaren Racing

Stella 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.

References

^ "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.

Scuderia Ferrari

Drivers
Race drivers	16. Charles Leclerc 55. Carlos Sainz Jr.
Test and reserve drivers	99. Antonio Giovinazzi (reserve) Robert Shwartzman (test)
Ferrari Driver Academy	Arthur Leclerc Dino Beganovic James Wharton Maya Weug Oliver Bearman Rafael Câmara Laura Camps Torras David Tonizza Brendon Leigh Giovanni de Salvo
F1 world champions	Alberto Ascari Juan Manuel Fangio Mike Hawthorn Phil Hill John Surtees Niki Lauda Jody Scheckter Michael Schumacher Kimi Räikkönen
F1 race winners	José Froilán González Alberto Ascari Piero Taruffi Mike Hawthorn Giuseppe Farina Maurice Trintignant Juan Manuel Fangio Luigi Musso Peter Collins Tony Brooks Phil Hill Wolfgang von Trips Giancarlo Baghetti John Surtees Lorenzo Bandini Ludovico Scarfiotti Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni Mario Andretti Niki Lauda Carlos Reutemann Gilles Villeneuve Jody Scheckter Didier Pironi Patrick Tambay René Arnoux Michele Alboreto Gerhard Berger Nigel Mansell Alain Prost Jean Alesi Michael Schumacher Eddie Irvine Rubens Barrichello Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz Jr.

Personnel
Current	John Elkann (president) Benedetto Vigna (chief executive officer) Piero Ferrari (vice chairman) Frédéric Vasseur (team principal) Riccardo Adami Loïc Bigois Enrico Cardile Jock Clear Enrico Gualtieri [pt] Diego Ioverno Ravin Jain [pt] Xavier Marcos Padros Fabio Montecchi Enrico Racca [pt] Iñaki Rueda Carlo Santi Matteo Togninalli
Former	Enzo Ferrari (founder) Ben Agathangelou James Allison Mario Almondo Alberto Antonini Maurizio Arrivabene Giorgio Ascanelli Daniele Audetto Luca Badoer Luca Baldisserri John Barnard Dario Benuzzi Mattia Binotto Ross Brawn Gustav Brunner Marcin Budkowski Ruth Buscombe Rory Byrne Louis C. Camilleri Giacomo Caliri Carlo Chiti Gioacchino Colombo Valerio Colotti Aldo Costa Toni Cuquerella [es] Dirk de Beer Stefano Domenicali Henri Durand Chris Dyer Marco Fainello Gianfranco Fantuzzi [pl] Alfredo Ferrari Cesare Fiorio Mauro Forghieri Pat Fry Hirohide Hamashima Diane Holl John Iley Vittorio Jano Aurelio Lampredi Claudio Lombardi Ignazio Lunetta Sergio Marchionne Luca Marmorini Neil Martin Paolo Martinelli Alberto Massimino Marco Mattiacci Laurent Mekies Jean-Claude Migeot [pl] Jan Monchaux Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Steve Nichols Ossi Oikarinen Marco Piccinini Nicolò Petrucci Harvey Postlethwaite Simone Resta Massimo Rivola David Sanchez Lorenzo Sassi Enrique Scalabroni Michael Schumacher Gilles Simon Rob Smedley Andrea Stella Nigel Stepney Romolo Tavoni Rob Taylor Antonia Terzi Jean Todt Willem Toet Nikolas Tombazis Joan Villadelprat

Personnel

Current

John Elkann (president)
Benedetto Vigna (chief executive officer)
Piero Ferrari (vice chairman)
Frédéric Vasseur (team principal)
Riccardo Adami
Loïc Bigois
Enrico Cardile
Jock Clear
Enrico Gualtieri [pt]
Diego Ioverno
Ravin Jain [pt]
Xavier Marcos Padros
Fabio Montecchi
Enrico Racca [pt]
Iñaki Rueda
Carlo Santi
Matteo Togninalli

Former

Cars
Formula One	125 212 275 340 375 500 553 625 555 D50 801 246 256 246 P 156 158 1512 246 F1-66 312 312B 312T 126C 156/85 F1/86 F1/87 640 641 642 643 F92A F93A 412 T1 412 T2 F310 F300 F399 F1-2000 F2001 F2002 F2003-GA F2004 F2005 248 F1 F2007 F2008 F60 F10 150º Italia F2012 F138 F14 T SF15-T SF16-H SF70H SF71H SF90 SF1000 SF21 F1-75 SF-23 SF-24
Formula Two	166 F2 500 F2 553 F2 Dino 156 F2 156 F2 Dino 166 F2
IndyCar/CART	375 Indy 326 MI 412 MI 637
Sports cars	166 S/SC/MM 166 MM Le Mans 195 S 275 S 340 America 212 Export 225 S 250 S 250 MM 340 Mexico & MM 375 MM 375 Plus 625 TF 735 S 500 Mondial 250 Monza 750 Monza 500 TR 857 S 376 S 735 LM 410 S 860 Monza 625 LM Dino 196 S & 296 S & 246 S 500 TRC 290 MM 290 S 315 S 335 S 250 GT Berlinetta 412 S 250 Testa Rossa 246 SP & 196 SP & 286 SP 248 SP & 268 SP 250 GTO 330 TRI/LM 330 LMB 250 P, 275 P & 330 P 275 P2, 330 P2 & 365 P2 250 LM 330 P3 330 P3/4 & P4 Dino 166 P & 206 SP Dino 206 S 212 E 612P 312 P 512 S & 512 M 712P 312 PB 333 SP 499P

Engines
Current	Turbocharged V6 Hybrid (2014–present)
Past	L4 (1952–1956) V6 (1958–1966) Turbocharged V6 (1981–1988) V8 (1956–1958, 1964–1965, 2006–2013) V10 (1996–2005) V12 (1950–1951, 1964–1980, 1989–1995)

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1952 1953 1956 1958 1961 1964 1975 1977 1979 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007
Constructors' titles	1961 1964 1975 1976 1977 1979 1982 1983 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008

Related
Dino Driver Academy Grand Prix racing history Grand Prix results Engine customers Non-championship Formula One results Prancing Horse Tifosi

Category:Ferrari
Commons:Scuderia Ferrari

McLaren Racing

Personnel
Founder	Bruce McLaren
Ambassador	Mika Häkkinen
Current	Zak Brown (Chief Executive Officer) Andrea Stella (Team Principal) Rob Marshall Neil Oatley Peter Prodromou Tom Stallard
Former	Ben Agathangelou Giorgio Ascanelli John Barnard Bob Bell Matt Bishop Éric Boullier Marcin Budkowski Adrian Burgess Alastair Caldwell Jost Capito Bernadette Collins Gordon Coppuck Mike Coughlan Peter Crolla Gil de Ferran Luca Furbatto Ron Dennis Henri Durand Mike Elliott Pat Fry Tim Goss Mark Gillan [ja] Steve Hallam Norbert Haug Robin Herd Jürgen Hubbert John Iley James Key Simon Lacey Werner Laurenz Paddy Lowe Neil Martin Teddy Mayer Sam Michael Paul Monaghan Matt Morris Gordon Murray Jonathan Neale Adrian Newey Steve Nichols Mansour Ojjeh Ciaron Pilbeam Mark Preston Phil Prew [ja] Jo Ramírez Simon Roberts Dave Ryan Wolfgang Schattling Andreas Seidl Mark Slade Rob Taylor Nikolas Tombazis Hans-Ulrich Maik Joan Villadelprat Mark Williams Martin Whitmarsh Ian Wright

Drivers
Current drivers	4. Lando Norris 81. Oscar Piastri
Reserve drivers	Pato O'Ward Ryō Hirakawa
Test and development drivers	Oliver Turvey Will Stevens
Driver Development Programme	Pato O'Ward Ryō Hirakawa Gabriel Bortoleto Bianca Bustamante Ugo Ugochukwu Alex Dunne Martinius Stenshorne
F1 World Champions	Emerson Fittipaldi Lewis Hamilton James Hunt Mika Häkkinen Niki Lauda Alain Prost Ayrton Senna
Race winners	Bruce McLaren Denny Hulme Peter Revson Emerson Fittipaldi Jochen Mass James Hunt John Watson Niki Lauda Alain Prost Ayrton Senna Gerhard Berger David Coulthard Mika Häkkinen Kimi Räikkönen Juan Pablo Montoya Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton Heikki Kovalainen Jenson Button Daniel Ricciardo Lando Norris
Former drivers	See category

Formula One titles
Drivers' titles	1974 1976 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1998 1999 2008
Constructors' titles	1974 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1998

Cars
Formula One	M2B M4B M5A M7A M7B M7C M7D M9A M14A M14D M19A M19C M23 M26 M28 M29 M29B M29C M29F M30 MP4 (MP4/1) MP4B (MP4/1B) MP4/1C MP4/1E MP4/2 MP4/2B MP4/2C MP4/3 MP4/4 MP4/5 MP4/5B MP4/6 MP4/6B MP4/7A MP4/8 MP4/9 MP4/10 MP4/10B MP4/10C MP4/11 MP4/11B MP4/12 MP4/13 MP4/14 MP4/15 MP4-16 MP4-17 MP4-17D MP4-19 MP4-19B MP4-20 MP4-21 MP4-22 MP4-23 MP4-24 MP4-25 MP4-26 MP4-27 MP4-28 MP4-29 MP4-30 MP4-31 MCL32 MCL33 MCL34 MCL35 MCL35M MCL36 MCL60 MCL38
Formula Two	M4A M21
Sports cars	Zerex Special M1A M1B M1C M6A M6B M6GT M8A M8B M8C M8D M8E M8F M8FP M12 M20 F1 GTR 12C GT3 650S GT3 P1 GTR
USAC/IndyCar	M15 M16A M16B M16C M16C/D M16E M24
F5000/Libre	M3 M10A M10B M18 M22 M25
Development cars	M2A MP4-18 MP4-29H/1X1