Andrea Stella

Andrea Stella (; born 22 February 1971) is an Italian engineer and motorsport executive. Since 2023, Stella has served as team principal of McLaren in Formula One, winning the World Constructors' Championship in .

Born and raised in Orvieto, Stella graduated Sapienza University of Rome with a degree in aerospace engineering and a doctorate in mechanical engineering. He began his career at Ferrari in as a performance engineer, later serving as the race engineer for Kimi Räikkönen in , as well as for Fernando Alonso from to , who finished runner-up to Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship three times.

Stella moved to McLaren in as head of race operations, becoming the performance director by and the racing director in . In , he replaced Andreas Seidl as team principal; in his second season, he led the team to their first World Constructors' Championship in 26 years. Under Stella, McLaren have achieved |-183}} race wins, |-156}} pole positions, |-161}} fastest laps, and |-494}} podium finishes across three seasons. Provided by Wikipedia