McLaren Racing has appointed Andreas Seidl, Porsche's former World Endurance Championship LMP1 team boss, as managing director of its F1 team. He will report to Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, with responsibility for all aspects of the team's F1 racing programme. According to the Woking outfit, the move is the latest step in the team's F1 performance recovery plan and restructure, and part of McLaren Racing's long-term strategy to return to F1 success. Seidl will join the team during 2019 and joins McLaren from his position as Porsche LMP1 Team Principal. This will mark a return to F1 for Seidl, who worked at BMW Motorsport from 2000 and 2006, then at BMW Sauber as head of track...
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