For long-time Audi stalwart and Le Mans winner Allan McNish, becoming Audi's first racing director in Formula 1 feels like the natural progression of his storied career on both sides of the pitwall.
After climbing the UK single-seater ladder in the late '80s and early '90s, McNish's road to the top took a number of strange turns, with a McLaren F1 test role that ultimately didn't lead to an F1 seat. Instead, McNish headed to sportscar racing, becoming one of the pillars of Audi's hyper-successful prototype programme and winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1998 with Porsche.