Seidl’s McLaren F1 exit fast-tracked after original plan to join Audi in 2026

The Woking-based squad announced on Tuesday that it was appointing Andrea Stella as its new team principal to replace Seidl.
As part of a team boss merry-go-round, Seidl has been lured away to join Sauber as its new CEO, in the wake of the Swiss-based outfit losing Fred Vasseur to Ferrari.
It comes as Sauber prepares to become Audi’s works team from 2026.
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What’s triggered F1’s team boss merry-go-round?

Just look at how Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire before F1’s summer break set off a chain of events that ended up with Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin, Pierre Gasly at Alpine and Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri (and that’s ignoring the Oscar Piastri to McLaren shenanigans).
What is much rarer is for this kind of crazy merry-go-round to involve Formula 1 team principals to the extent it has …Keep reading