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Former Ferrari F1 boss Luca Di Montezemolo joins McLaren Automotive board

The move comes as McLaren Group Holdings makes key changes to its leadership team

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Filip Cleeren
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Luca di Montezemolo

Luca di Montezemolo

Photo by: Ferrari

Former Ferrari chief Luca Di Montezemolo has been appointed as a director of the McLaren Group Holdings Limited, which controls the McLaren Automotive business and has a minority stake in the F1 team.

On Friday, McLaren Group Holdings Ltd made a Companies House filing in the UK to appoint Di Montezemelo to its board of directors, which will see the Italian become the ninth director of the company.

Di Montezemolo was a key figure behind Ferrari's F1 resurgence in the late '90s and served as chairman at the Italian powerhouse until 2014.

He has now joined the McLaren Group Holdings Limited, which controls the automotive side of the business and has a minority stake in McLaren Group, which its racing teams falls under, but his scope is understood to be limited to the road car business.

"My heart is and will always remain red, I have become a board member of McLaren Automotive, which produces road cars, and is not involved in F1," Di Montezemolo was quoted by Italian news agency ANSA.

The appointment comes after Abu Dhabi-based investment firm CYVN Holdings finalised its takeover of McLaren Automotive under the UK-based McLaren Group Holdings Limited umbrella in April.

Luca di Montexemolo in parc ferme

Luca di Montexemolo in parc ferme

Photo by: Mario Renzi - Formula 1 - Getty Images

CYVN said in April its strategy for McLaren's road car business will include expanding into "high-performance and luxury sectors, setting a new benchmark for excellence, and transforming McLaren into a high-performing British automotive business on the global stage."

In May it installed Nick Collins as the new McLaren Automotive CEO, who serves alongside Di Montezemolo on the board of directors. Earlier this week, McLaren Group chairman Paul Walsh was also added to the same board.

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Meanwhile, McLaren Racing - and its parent company McLaren Group - is still majority owned by Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Motorsport.com has reached out to McLaren Automotive for comment.

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