Alunni Bravi lands wide-ranging McLaren function after Sauber exit

Ex-Sauber managing director and workforce consultant Alessandro Alunni Bravi has joined McLaren within the workforce’s newly created function of chief enterprise affairs officer.

Alunni Bravi will report on to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and as a part of his new remit will head up McLaren’s driver improvement programme.

He’ll begin his new job on 1 February 2025.

In a workforce assertion launched on Thursday, McLaren introduced that Alunni Bravi’s function will even embody authorized affairs, driver contract administration and what it calls “rights holders/governing physique administration”.

“McLaren is a workforce I’ve been an enormous fan of my complete life, and it due to this fact sparks particular feelings personally to have the chance to now work with such an incredible group of individuals,” stated Alunni Bravi, who labored at Sauber from 2017 till the beginning of this yr.

“I am so grateful to be becoming a member of such a fantastic organisation with the values and tradition which are so clear to see from the skin.

“I wish to reward the belief and confidence that Zak 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 part.

“I’m so pleased to be becoming a member of a workforce that I really imagine units the benchmark in F1 each on and off the monitor, and I am unable to wait to get began in the beginning of February.”

Brown added: “I am delighted to have Alessandro becoming a member of us together with his intensive experience and motorsport background.

“Alongside managing our authorized and driver improvement features, 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 look ahead to welcoming him to the McLaren Racing household in February.”

McLaren has additionally introduced a number of different adjustments to its administration construction.

With Alunni Bravi heading up its younger driver programme, Stephanie Carlin has been transferred to what McLaren’s assertion known as “further duties inside Method 1, persevering with to report into [team principal] Andrea Stella”.

Carlin was beforehand McLaren’s workforce enterprise operations director.

After two years within the function, McLaren Racing’s chief communications officer, Steve Atkins, is stepping down for private causes on the finish of February.