McLaren has reported that F1 paddock favourite Mans🦹our Ojjeh is recovering follo🦹wing 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 n🌳ow well on the road to a full recovery and looking forward to rejoining the Woking team𓆏 as it tours the world in 2014.

"My family and I have been through a v💦ery challenging period in our lives," Ojjeh commented in a statement released by McLaren, "However, I'm very grateful for the superb medical assistance 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-personal excitement of F1, but we've faithfully watched every grand prix on television and we're now looking forward to enjoyingജ more great times togeth💫er at the circuits again next season."

Ojjeh isꦡ the CEO of TAG, which owns 21 p꧃er cent of the McLaren Group.