Williams verpflichtet ehemaligen McLaren-COO Piers Thynne

Williams hat die Ernennung von Piers Thynne zu einer Führungskraft bekannt gegeben; der ehemalige Chief Operating Officer von McLaren wird das Team im August verstärken. Dieser Schritt ist Teil umfassender Bemühungen, das in Grove ansässige Team angesichts der jüngsten Schwierigkeiten zu stärken.

Vergangene Woche bestätigte Williams die Einstellung von Thynne sowie weiterer hochrangiger Persönlichkeiten von Mercedes und Alpine. Thynne begann seine Karriere bei McLaren Ende der 2000er Jahre und stieg über Positionen wie Head of Programme Management und Operations Director zum Chief Operating Officer auf, eine Funktion, die er von 2023 bis 2025 innehatte. Er trug maßgeblich zum Aufschwung des Teams bei, das sich vom neunten Platz in der Konstrukteursweltmeisterschaft 2017 bis zu den Weltmeistertiteln 2024 und 2025 entwickelte.

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