Alunni Bravi to join McLaren executive team

Former Sauber managing director Alessandro Alunni Bravi is to affix McLaren Racing’s government workforce as he takes on the newly created position of chief enterprise affairs officer.

Alunni Bravi’s departure from Sauber — the place he additionally served as workforce consultant — was introduced earlier this month, with the Italian saying on the time that he could be transferring on to a brand new journey. That subsequent transfer has now been confirmed as to defending constructors’ champions McLaren, the place Alunni Bravi will “present government management throughout a variety of McLaren Racing enterprise issues together with authorized, driver improvement, business, driver contract administration and rights holders/governing physique administration.”

The addition of Alunni Bravi from Feb. 1 will even see him take over management of McLaren’s driver improvement program from Stephanie Carlin, who has been given added tasks throughout the Components 1 workforce, reporting into workforce principal Andrea Stella.

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“McLaren is a workforce I’ve been an enormous fan of my entire life, and it subsequently sparks particular feelings personally to have the chance to now work with such an incredible group of individuals,” Alunni Bravi mentioned. “I’m so grateful to be becoming a member of such a fantastic group with the values and tradition which might be so clear to see from the skin.

“I wish to reward the belief and confidence that Zak [Brown] and the board have put in me by giving my full dedication and energy to assist contribute to the continued success, as I imagine teamwork is vital to every little thing. I’m so blissful to be becoming a member of a workforce that I actually imagine units the benchmark in F1 each on and off the observe, and I can’t wait to get began at the start of February.”

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says Alunni Bravi can have a wide-ranging impression on not solely the F1 workforce but in addition the opposite racing organizations inside McLaren.

“I’m delighted to have Alessandro becoming a member of us together with his intensive experience and motorsport background,” Brown mentioned. “Alongside managing our authorized and driver improvement capabilities, he will even present invaluable help on all skilled driver enterprise administration issues, racing governance actions throughout our numerous rights holders and governing physique relationships and broad enterprise help to all our racing collection as wanted. We stay up for welcoming him to the McLaren Racing household in February.”