Former Sauber managing director Alessandro Alunni Bravi is to affix McLaren Racing’s govt crew 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 crew consultant — was introduced earlier this month, with the Italian saying on the time that he could be shifting 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 govt management throughout a spread of McLaren Racing enterprise issues together with authorized, driver growth, industrial, 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 growth program from Stephanie Carlin, who has been given added obligations throughout the Method 1 crew, reporting into crew principal Andrea Stella.
“McLaren is a crew I’ve been an enormous fan of my complete life, and it subsequently sparks particular feelings personally to have the chance to now work with such an incredible group of individuals,” Alunni Bravi stated. “I’m so grateful to be becoming a member of such a terrific group with the values and tradition which might be so clear to see from the surface.
“I need 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 essential to every little thing. I’m so completely satisfied to be becoming a member of a crew that I actually imagine units the benchmark in F1 each on and off the monitor, and I can’t wait to get began in the beginning of February.”
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says Alunni Bravi could have a wide-ranging affect on not solely the F1 crew but in addition the opposite racing organizations inside McLaren.
“I’m delighted to have Alessandro becoming a member of us together with his in depth experience and motorsport background,” Brown stated. “Alongside managing our authorized and driver growth features, he will even present invaluable help on all skilled driver enterprise administration issues, racing governance actions throughout our varied rights holders and governing physique relationships and broad enterprise help to all our racing sequence as wanted. We look ahead to welcoming him to the McLaren Racing household in February.”
