Former Kick Sauber Team Representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi will join McLaren Racing as their new Chief Business Affairs Officer, the Woking-based operation have announced.
In the newly created position, which he is set to take up on February 1, Alunni Bravi will provide executive leadership skills “across a range of McLaren Racing business matters including legal, driver development, commercial, driver contract management and rights holders/governing body management”.
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He will also take over the running of McLaren’s Driver Development programme, which transitions across from Stephanie Carlin, who is assuming additional responsibilities within the F1 outfit run by Team Principal Andrea Stella.
Alunni Bravi, who will report directly to CEO Zak Brown and sit as part of the McLaren Racing Executive Team, brings more than two decades of motorsport and business leadership experience to the squad, most recently at Kick Sauber.
Alunni Bravi acted as Team Representative for Sauber’s F1 team in 2023 and 2024
The Italian served as Managing Director of the Sauber Group and Team Representative for Kick Sauber, adding to previous leadership roles with racing teams and companies such as ART Grand Prix, Trident Racing and SPARK Racing Technology.
McLaren have also confirmed that, after two years onboard, Chief Communications Officer Steve Atkins will be leaving the team at the end of February for personal reasons, with Brown thanking him for his contribution.
“I’m delighted to have Alessandro joining us with his extensive expertise and motorsport background,” Brown said of Thursday afternoon’s announcement.
“Alongside managing our legal and driver development functions, he will also provide invaluable support on all professional driver 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.”
Alunni Bravi adds to the McLaren leadership group alongside Brown and Stella
Alunni Bravi added: “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 amazing 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 dedication and effort to help contribute to the continued success, as I believe teamwork 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 wait to get started at the beginning of February.”
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