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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 two World Constructors' Championship titles in and .

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, which they successfully defended in with a joint-record six remaining Grands Prix. Under Stella, McLaren have achieved |-183}} race wins, |-156}} pole positions, |-161}} fastest laps, and |-494}} podium finishes across three seasons. Provided by Wikipedia