Oscar Piastri enjoyed a great second F1 season and made a valuable contribution to the end of McLaren’s long wait for a constructors’ title. With a slight race pace disadvantage to Lando Norris last year, Piastri picked up his game and claimed his first grand prix victory in Hungary – albeit with a bit of
Finding the right #2 driver is as much art as science. Teams need someone talented enough to score podiums, and savvy enough to understand their role. Make a mistake, and your #1 driver can spend the season dragging dead weight, particularly in the fight for the constructor’s title. Which brings us to Sergio Pérez. Red Bull
In the round-up: Max Verstappen says McLaren failed to capitalise on the opportunities they had in 2024. In brief McLaren missed opportunities in 2024 – Verstappen McLaren won the constructors’ championship this year but Lando Norris finished 63 points behind Verstappen at the top of the drivers’ standings. Verstappen was surprised McLaren allowed Norris’s team
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown praised the team’s pit stop crew for their performance under pressure when they clinched the constructors’ championship last week. Lando Norris won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to deliver McLaren’s first constructors’ championship for 26 years. He had a 5.8 second margin over Carlos Sainz Jnr at the chequered flag,
McLaren believes that the reduction in wind tunnel time that it faces as a result of winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship will not be as big a handicap as some think. The Woking-based outfit’s triumph in last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix helped to secure its first teams’ title since 1998, handing the team
McLaren believes that the reduction in wind tunnel time that it faces as a result of winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship will not be as big a handicap as some think. The Woking-based outfit’s triumph in last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix helped secure it its first teams’ title since 1998, handing it a
The FIA has made changes to the regulations governing Formula 1 Drag Reduction Systems following the row over McLaren’s so-called ‘mini DRS’ earlier this year. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix footage emerged showing McLaren’s rear wing element deforming as the car reached top speed when the car did not have DRS activated. This potentially allowed
Life is a weird thing. You set goals. You work. You plan. But something completely random can change its course so dramatically that you just know: if that something hadn’t happened, it would all be different. An airline algorithm could put you in the seat next to your future business partner. You could step on
Life is a weird thing. You set goals. You work. You plan. But something completely random can change its course so dramatically that you just know: if that something hadn’t happened, it would all be different. An airline algorithm could put you in the seat next to your future business partner. You could step on
“Wow” – was initially all McLaren team boss Andrea Stella could muster when Autosport raised the subject of his squad’s bulletproof reliability in Formula 1 2024 ahead of the Abu Dhabi finale. A discipline as scientific as motorsport does not really leave room for superstition, but the timing of our discussion was complex and so
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