Team

McLaren

Base

Woking, UK

Power unit

Mercedes

2026 standing

P3195 pts

Team principal

Andrea Stella

Age

Nationality

Italian

In role since

2023

Est. net worth

est. $1M–$5M (FanAmp/Sportskeeda, 2023 est.; no major outlet such as Forbes has published a verified figure)

Marital status

Unknown

Andrea Stella portrait — Photo: Liauzh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Andrea Stella was born on 22 February 1971 in Orvieto, Italy, and holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome. He began his F1 career at Ferrari in 2000 as a Performance Engineer, working with Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen before serving as race engineer for Fernando Alonso from 2010 to 2014. He followed Alonso to McLaren in 2015 as Head of Race Operations, progressing to Performance Director (2018) and Executive Director, Racing (2019), before replacing Andreas Seidl as Team Principal on 13 December 2022. Under his leadership, McLaren won back-to-back Constructors' Championships in 2024 and 2025, as well as the 2025 Drivers' Championship with Lando Norris, and he continues in the role through the 2026 season.

Net worth figures are third-party estimates; treat as speculative.Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Answer

McLaren is one of the most decorated teams in F1 history, with eight Constructors' Championships and 12 Drivers' Championships. The 2026 driver lineup pairs Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, one of the strongest young driver pairings on the current grid. Based in Woking, UK, with Mercedes power units, McLaren returned to championship-contender status in 2024 after more than a decade of mid-grid struggle.

2026 storyline

Background

Base: Woking, Surrey, UK
Power unit: Mercedes
Team principal: see team's official site for current leadership
Founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963; competed in F1 since 1966^[1]

Championship history

McLaren has won eight Constructors' Championships and 12 Drivers' Championships, the second-most in both categories behind Ferrari^[1]. The team's most successful eras include:

The Senna-Prost period (1988-1991) with four consecutive Drivers' Championships.
The Hakkinen years (1998-1999) and the Hamilton-Alonso 2007 fight.
The 2024 return to championship contention after a long mid-grid period.

The 2013-2023 decade was the longest competitive trough in the team's modern history, including the troubled 2015-2017 Honda partnership and several mid-grid seasons before the 2024 breakthrough.

Driver lineup

Lando Norris: British, NOR, 2024 Drivers' Championship runner-up. See /drivers/lando-norris.
Oscar Piastri: Australian, PIA, triple junior champion. See /drivers/oscar-piastri.