A🍃lessandro Alunni Bravi has j𝄹oined McLaren as their new Chief Business Affairs Officer.

He left his role as Sauber’s team representative when Jonathan Wheatley arrived as their new t♓eam principal.

It hasn’t taken Alunni Bravi long 🔯to find a new job in the F1 paddock.

Now a𒐪 part of the McLaren Racing Exec༒utive Team, he will report into CEO Zak Brown and begin the job on February 1, 2025.

The newly created role will see Alunni Bra🌠vi work acros♔s “executive leadership across a range of McLaren Racing business matters including legal, driver development, commercial, driver contract management and rights holders/governing body management”.

He will also take charge of the McLaren Driver Developmen🦹t programme, from Stephanie Carlin. Carꦡlin is staying at McLaren.

McLaren boss Brown said: “I’m ꦑdelighted to have Alessandro joining us with his extensive expertise and motorsport background.

“Alongside managing our legal and driver development functions, he will also provide invaluable support on all professional dri📖ver business management matters, racing governance activities across our various rights holders and governing body relationships and broad business support to all our racing series as needed. We look forward to welcoming him to the McLaren Racing family in February.

“I’d also like to thank Steve for his contribution to McLaren Racing’s success over the last two seasonไs and I wish him well in his future endeavours.”

🍷Alunni Bravi said: “McLaren is a team I have been a huge fan of my whole life, and it therefore sparks special emotions personally to have the opportunity to now work with such an amazinꦐg group of people. I’m so grateful to be joining such a great organisation with the values and culture that are so clear to see from the outside.

“I want to reward the trust and confidence that Zak and the Board have put in me by giving my full de🎉dication and effort to help contribute to the continued success, as I believe tಞeamwork is key to everything.

“I am so happy to be joining a team that I truly believe sets the benchmark in 🥀F1 both on and off the track, and I can’t wait𒊎 to get started at the beginning of February.”