Ed speak
McLAREN’S APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL Leiters as a replacement for former CEO Mike Flewitt should be welcomed for the significant news that it is. In the former Ferrari chief technical officer, McLaren has recruited an engineer with one of the most polished CVs in the industry, Leiters having worked with and learned from some of the best automotive executives in the business. At Porsche he played an integral role in the Cayenne’s development under the watchful eye of the company’s head of development, Wolfgang Dürheimer, and current McLaren non-executive director and acting CEO Michael Macht. Then there are the cars that left Maranello under his watch from 2014, where he answered to Sergio Marchionne and oversaw the successful transformation of Ferrari’s naturally aspirated mid-engined V8 cars to today’s award-winning turbocharged V8 and,…