McLaren has confirmed recently-appointed managing director Andreas Seidl will join i🌞ts Formuꦬla 1 operation on May 1.

Ex-Porsche LMP1 chief Seidl was confirme�🌳�d to be joining McLaren in early January, having left Porsche a couple of m🧜onths earli🐼er in a sudden exit.

Seidl was named as McLaren's new F1ꦆ managing director to oversee all operations of its race team and reporting to McLaren Racing C🍌EO Zak Brown.

In a short statement issued by the team on Tuesday, it was confirmed Seidl would be s🎉tarting work on May 1, with his first race set to be the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on May 12.

"We're delighted that Andreas is able to join the team on 1 May. This enables us to continue the momentum of our reco♏very plan and we’re looking forward to welcoming him to McLaren," said Bro🍌wn.

Sei൲dl will bolster McLaren's F1 management ranks following the departures of racing director Eric Boullier, chassis chief Tim Goss and engineering director Matt Morris through the 2018 season.

McLaren will also bring former Toro Rosso technical director James Key on board in 2019, b🦄ut his e♛xact start date is yet to have been confirmed.