The former president of the Cavallino in the board of Woking McLaren Automotive who produces road cars and does not deal with F.1
Last April, the former president of Ferrari Luca Cordero di Montezemolo had chosen a particular Grand Prix to return to the Formula 1 paddock at over ten years from his farewell to the Red, with the last official presence that took place during the Monza GP of September 2014. Guest of the hereditary prince Salman Bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Montezemolo had in fact attended the race in Bahrain where the Australian Oscar Plastri had brought His McLaren on the top step of the podium. A party for the whole country, the second home of the British company, owned by the Sovereign Fund of the Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company.
Twist
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During the race weekend in Bahrain, the former president Ferrari had been immortalized embraced by the Team Principal McLaren – former engineer from Maranello – Andrea Stella. However, nobody, until yesterday, seemed to be able to imagine the scenario that quickly materialized: the man symbol of the Red, who from 1991 to 2014 led Ferrari as president of the company, entered McLaren’s board.
Montezemolo enters the corporate structure of the English group. McLaren Group Holdings, specifically, is the holding company that holds participations in McLaren Group Ltd, which in turn is the owner of McLaren Racing Ltd, the team that competes in Formula 1 and in other (numerous) categories of Motorsport. “My heart is and will always remain red, I have become a member of the board of directors of McLaren Automotive who produces road cars, and does not deal with Formula Uno,” said Montezemolo alla ANSA.
Not in Formula 1
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Montezemolo will not be a return to Formula 1, or more generally in the motorsport sphere, but will concern consultancy in the automotive field of the English brand. To play a fundamental role in the choice of Montezemolo, the acquisition, last April, of the Automotive Directorate of McLaren by the Cyvn Holdings, Sovereign Investment Fund of Abu Dhabi, who with the Automotive Part also acquired a non -checking participation in the Business Racing of McLaren. A direct line binds the former president of the Red to the capital of the Arab Emirates, where in 2010 – with Montezemolo still president – Ferrari World was inaugurated, the Ferrari themed entertainment park on the island of Yas in Abu Dhabi.
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History
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Despite the return to the world of Montezemolo engines, it will not be directly connected to that of Formula 1, seeing the name of the 77 -year -old joined to that of Woking today has the incredible today: the story that binds the Bolognese entrepreneur to the Cavallino brand has distant roots, which began in 1973 when he entered the company of Maranello as an assistant of Enzo Ferrari and head of the Corse team. Under its management, the Red won two world championships with Niki Lauda, in 1975 and 1977, and three World Cup consecutive manufacturers, from 1975 to 1977, the year in which she chose to leave the team and become responsible for the relationships outside Fiat. He returned to Maranello in 1991, after 14 years of extra -motor entrepreneurial activities, as CEO and President. It was he who chose Jean Todt and bring the Red back to success after 20 years of fasting, becoming one of the symbols of the golden age of the Cavallino stable with Michael Schumacher and, outside the sports sector, reaching great successes also in the commercial field through the sales of road cars. Also under his guidance, the Red managed to conquer his last two hits IDIDATED in F.1: the title of Kimi Raikkonen in 2007 and the World Cup in 2008. The farewell, much discussed, arrived in 2014 never completely separated the red from the former president, who over the years has returned to talk about Maranello and the management of the team on several occasions. “I see a team without a soul” said the entrepreneur – referring to the current Ferrari – during an interview with Tg1 last April, before his return to the Formula 1 paddock. Today, two months after that return, an announcement that is incredible. And which marks an important cut with the past of the Cavallino, which will see one of its symbols soon wearing the colors of the historic English rival.
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