GP to become McLaren's next team principal? Brown addresses the rumours

The Head of Racing at Red Bull Racing will join McLaren by no later than 2028, the team announced earlier this month. It was also rumoured that Gianpiero Lambiase would take on the role of team boss, while Andrea Stella could move to Ferrari.

McLaren then announced that Lambiase will become the team’s Chief Racing Officer.

Brown addressed the aforementioned rumours at length while speaking to GPblog, among others. He said: "Yeah, very excited to have GP join us. My job is to make sure that we have stability and visibility to the future. I think we've got a lot of talented individuals that have room for growth. It'll be on the racing operations side.

"Andrea is kind of the glue that brings that together. I think much as the team principal role has evolved over the years and now you're seeing most teams with a CEO and team principal. These teams are so big that if you're going to be great in all those roles, I think Andrea is very capable of doing two jobs, but asking him to do three jobs is a tall order," he explained.

According to the American, GP is a valuable addition that can help McLaren in the long term.

He added: "GP will come in and play a great role there [as Chief Racing Officer]. My job is always to be looking for down the road as to who can play and grow within the sport. So certainly, given GP's experience and his age, he's someone I think that can be here for a long time at McLaren and grow."