McLaren expands F1 contract with Aero Chief Products

McLaren The Formula 1 team has enhanced the contract of its aerodynamics head Peter Products, who played an important role in the 2024 constructs title.

The team announced on Tuesday that Products will continue in their own capacity of the aerodynamic technical director on a long -term deal as it intends to keep the squad together which returns it to F1 in the last two sessions.

The team’s principal Andrea Stella said, “It is my great privilege to confirm the expansion of Peter’s contract on the multi-year deal.” “Cultural, organizational and technical leadership brought by Peter which is invaluable, and has been a major architect of the team’s performance turnaround, securing the team’s ninth constructive championship in 2024.

“We’re traveling together as a team, we couldn’t do without Peter, and we look forward to continue our search for the world championship together.”

Prodromou said: “I am happy to continue their role as aerodynamic in the technical director, McLaren F1 team. Being a part of such a collaborative team and contributing to this strong upwards is an honor.

“After the success of the previous season, I am eager to contribute further to our shared ambition to achieve more World Championships. I am grateful to Zak and Andrea for his constant confidence on me as a technical director, aerodynamics. Teams who have given me the highest class of support at the individual and professional level.

Prodromou is one of McLaren’s longest serving members, who first joined his design office in 1991. He reached the rank to become the main aircraft before leaving for Red Bull in 2006, but then returned to McLaren as Chief Engineer in 2014.

His role in McLaren expanded under the leadership of Stella, the boss of the team in 2023, in which Stella promoted Products for the technical director of aerodynamics as part of the three-dimensional leadership structure, which is the head of engineering Neel Holde and the main Designer Rob Marshall bowled heavily.

At that time Stella felt that the talents of Products were not fully exploited under the previous technical structure.

“In aerodynamics, we wanted a technical director who leads the aerodynamics. Full empowerment to this technical director,” Stela said that when he announced his new structure in 2023. “For some reasons, like Peter Products, one of the most competent experts in F1 with respect to aerodynamics was used like Peter Products.

“This was not as efficiently as it should have been, so it is something we wanted to fix. And at the same time it fully fit the model, which by giving a clear leadership, aerodynamics, Clear guidance is in the form of concepts we wanted to develop. “