In the face of McLaren’s first Constructors’ title in 26 years, the Woking-based outfit’s team boss Andrea Stella has hailed former Red Bull’s engineer Rob Marshall’s input.
Rob Marshall joined McLaren Racing in January 2024 following a successful 17-year period with Red Bull Racing. As part of Andrea Stella’s F1 Technical Executive team, Marshall is supported by Neil Houldey who is the Technical Director of the McLaren’s Engineering department.
On the eve of the announcement, McLaren described Marshall’s appointment as “one of the fundamental steps taken by the team to underpin their journey towards the front of the grid”.
During his tenure at Red Bull, the 56-year-old closely collaborated with chief designer Adrian Newey and played a key role in the team’s title wins with Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel.
Reflecting on Marshall’s first year at McLaren, the Woking Woking-based outfit’s team boss Andrea Stella has hailed former Red Bull’s engineer’s input.
“Rob came with a wealth of experience, knowledge from a technical point of view, with a reputation from this point of view,” started Stella.
“If anything, we have been impressed even more than what we expected because of these qualities, like the knowledge of how you design a car, especially from a car layout point of view. This is very important for 2025 and this will be very important for 2026.”
“In addition to that, Rob brings fantastic human qualities, a very positive person. Everyone enjoys working with him. He’s full of energy. You can see him in the garage and very often he’s just laying under the car on the ground.”
“Everyone appreciates his incredible knowledge and experience. But at the same time, his hands, and sometimes even his head are dirty because he was with his hands on the parts. That’s something that we did miss before, and we are glad that now we have it in the role.”
