Will Courtenay is to go away Crimson Bull Racing to hitch McLaren as sporting director, making him the third member of Crimson Bull senior administration to depart in current months.
Courtenay departs Crimson Bull after 20 years, exiting his position as head of race technique.
His choice follows the exits of chief technical officer Adrian Newey (Aston Martin) and sporting director Jonathan Wheatley (Sauber – Audi) over the previous 5 months.
“We are delighted to welcome Will to McLaren. His experience, professionalism and passion for motorsport make him the ideal candidate to lead our F1 sporting function,” McLaren F1 crew principal Andrea Stella mentioned.
“We are now entering a key phase in our journey as a team, and we are confident that he will be a great addition to our strong leadership team as we strive to continue challenging for wins and championships.”
McLaren confirmed Courtenay will report into racing director Randeep Singh and acknowledged: “The role will be to help grow the team’s sporting operations as the team continues its pursuit of success in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship.”
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Sky F1’s Ted Kravitz displays on all the large speaking factors from the Singapore Grand Prix after Norris comprehensively beat Verstappen to shut the hole on his title rival
The transfer is the most recent within the McLaren restructure since Stella’s appointment again in December 2022.
Peter Prodromou has returned as technical director accountable for aerodynamics, with James Key departing in March 2023, earlier than Rob Marshall was introduced in as chief designer from Crimson Bull in Might 2023.
David Sanchez additionally joined the crew from Ferrari as technical director for automobile idea and efficiency.
Throughout that point, McLaren have moved from F1 strugglers to title contenders, with Lando Norris, who completed 20 seconds away from Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen in Singapore, transferring to inside 52 factors of the Dutchman on the prime of the standings with six rounds of the season remaining.
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Verstappen was happy with the injury limitation finished to his title hopes after ending second behind Norris in Singapore
McLaren additionally now lead Crimson Bull by 41 factors within the Constructors’ Championship.
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