McLaren has reported that F1 paddock favourite Mansour Ojjeh is recovering following a🌜 double lung transplant.

The Saudi-born entrepreneur had been suffering with IPF lung disease for the past four years but, following the operation, is now wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚell on the road to a full recovery and looking forward to rejoining the Woking team as it tours the world in 2014.

"My family and I have been through a very challenging per⛦iod in our lives," Ojjeh commented in a statement released by McLaren, "However, I'm very grateful for the superb medical as🅘sistance that I've received, and I'm both elated and relieved that I'm now on the road to a full recovery.

"We've missed our great friends in the paddock, as well as the up-close-and-person🥂al excitement of F1, but we've faithfully watched every grand prix on television and we're now looking forward to enjoying more great times together at the circuits again next season."

O☂jjeh is the CEO of TAG, whꦯich owns 21 per cent of the McLaren Group.