Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is among the most necessary individuals in Ferrari’s historical past. He first labored for the Components 1 crew within the Nineteen Seventies and joined the corporate once more in 1991, changing into Enzo Ferrari’s successor. In his tenure, which lasted till 2014, Montezemolo oversaw a metamorphosis in Ferrari’s road-car enterprise and its most dominant interval in F1. Now, it appears he is working for Ferrari’s closest rival—McLaren.

A Reddit consumer seen earlier at present that Montezemolo was simply listed as a director for McLaren Group Holdings Restricted on Corporations Home, the British authorities company that maintains a registry for corporations within the nation. We have reached out to McLaren Automotive for remark.

McLaren Group Holdings Restricted controls McLaren Automotive, the road-car division of the well-known British model. Abu Dhabi funding agency CYVN Holdings bought McLaren Automotive final December and merged it with Forseven, a UK EV startup it additionally owns. Final month, McLaren Automotive introduced Forseven CEO Nick Collins would take over as chief government for the supercar firm. Collins was previously head of R&D for Jaguar Land Rover.

As of proper now, it looks like Montezemolo will not have something to do with McLaren’s F1 crew, which remains to be managed by the Bahrain-owned McLaren Group. 

Below Montezemolo’s tenure, Ferrari’s highway automotive enterprise went from malaise to the envy of the automotive business. The vehicles that got here out throughout his 13 years on the firm are among the many finest it is ever made—F355, 550, F50, Enzo, 599, 458, F12berlinetta, LaFerrari, and extra. He additionally vastly boosted gross sales with the California whereas pushing extra limited-run and one-off fashions too. 

CYVN desires to show round McLaren Automotive’s enterprise. With Montezemolo on board, it has somebody that did the identical with Ferrari with panache.