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Grove Racing Taps Ex-Ferrari Engineer Riccardo Corte for 2026, Promotes Alistair McVean to Head of Performance

The appointments strengthen Grove Racing’s engineering program after its Bathurst 1000 victory.

Overview

  • Riccardo Corte will serve as race engineer for Kai Allen’s No. 26 Ford Mustang in the 2026 Supercars season.
  • Corte joins after 11 years at Ferrari, where he most recently worked as Lewis Hamilton’s performance engineer during the first half of 2025.
  • Alistair McVean moves from Allen’s race engineer into a newly created Head of Performance role focused on tools, processes and vehicle dynamics.
  • Team owner Stephen Grove and CEO Brenton Grove framed the hires as a major step to deepen engineering capability and sustain front-running form.
  • The restructuring follows Grove Racing’s Bathurst 1000 win and comes days after the departure of team principal David Cauchi.