http://www.f1today.net/en/news/sam-michael-to-be-mclaren-team-prinicpalSam Michael will become the McLaren Merecedes Team Prinicpal in 2014, according to gptoday.com.
Michael would replace the outgoing Martin Whitmarsh, who is thought to be leaving the team after a difficult 2013 campaign which resulted a change in management, with Ron Dennis re-assuming his executive position within the company.
The Australian joined Formula 1 in 1993 with the cash-strapped Team Lotus, which dissolved a year later. He then switched to Jordan and later Williams in 2001, where he was promoted as Technical Director in 2004.
Following the Grove-based teams' poor performance in 2011, he resigned from the team in May and became McLaren's Sporting Director in 2012.
Whitmarsh's position has been under-threat due to interteam relations reaching breaking point, after Sergio Perez was dropped in favour of Kevin Magnussen, something which is widely-publicised that Whitmarsh was against.
McLaren are to launch their car tomorrow (Friday) at 12pm GMT online, though it is not known whether or not the management change will be announced.
Tom Brooks
F1 Editor
Inviato: 09/01/2014, 9:39
