McLaren has announced the recruitment of Red Bull's Head of Race Strategy, Will Courtenay as its Sporting Director.

Reporting into Randeep Singh, Racing Director, the role will help grow the Woking team's sporting operations as the team continues its pursuit of success.

Courtenay joins McLaren after twenty years at Red Bull, where he is currently Head of Race Strategy, bringing with him a wealth of experience.

His expertise will add further depth to the team's sporting operation and will help drive performance within the racing team.

"We are delighted to welcome Will to McLaren," said Andrea Stella. "His experience, professionalism and passion for motorsport make him the ideal candidate to lead our F1 sporting function.

"We are now entering a key phase in our journey as a team, and we are confident that he will be a great addition to our strong leadership team as we strive to continue challenging for wins and championships."

Courtenay is the third high-profile departure from Red Bull this year, following Adrian Mewey's move to Aston Martin and Jonathan Wheatley's move to Audi.

"After a long and successful service, being with the team since the Jaguar days, we are sad to see Will go," said a Red Bull spokesperson, "but wish him all the best in this step up.

"Will continues to be part of the team, seeing out his contract until mid-2026."

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1. Posted by trackrecords, 03/10/2024 0:13

"Why not introduce an F1 teams' sporting operation staff "transfer window"? In fact, why not televise it as an annual frantic 30 minutes event, where engineers dash between the pit garages, with a pounding dance 'music' accompliment? [Does that sound sufficiently farcical to be satire, or could it be mistaken for Blue Sky thinking?] "

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2. Posted by kenji, 25/09/2024 12:41

"Mid '26. before he turns a sod? Why bother."

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3. Posted by Spindoctor, 24/09/2024 21:35

"Sinking ship?"

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4. Posted by Chester, 24/09/2024 16:04

"Where does Hannah Schmidt fit in all of this? Does/did she report to Will Courtenay?

To be perfectly honest, I never heard of Will. Maybe that is just my bias- seeing a woman, Hannah, on TV shots but ignoring (not seeing through lack of interest) everyone else."

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