McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has no regrets on the decision to pit both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for fresh intermediate tyres under the virtual safety car in Brazil. Piastri was running seventh when the VSC emerged, and his position on track meant that...
Oscar Piastri says it was tougher than he had expected to get through the field in the Formula 1 Mexico City GP, and that he suffered from rarely being able to run in clear air. The McLaren driver started only 187th after a mistake in qualifying, and was one of the...
Lando Norris says his battle with Max Verstappen in Mexico City was “not fair, clean racing” and that the Dutchman “got what he had coming to him” when he was penalised by the FIA stewards. Just seven days after their controversial incident in Austin triggered a...
Oscar Piastri will start the Formula 1 Mexico City GP from 17th GP after what he called “a very silly mistake” late in Q1. The McLaren driver ran wide at Turn 12 and had his lap deleted, but he actually lost time going off, and ultimately it wouldn’t have got him into...
Oscar Piastri will still be without the latest McLaren MCL38 front wing spec in Mexico City this weekend, although the Australian has downplayed any loss of performance relative to his team mate. The wing was part of a package introduced in Austin, although only Lando...
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says it was “no surprise” that McLaren struggled in Austin and was outperformed by Ferrari and Red Bull. Stella stressed that Ferrari has been consistently competitive recently, while not always optimising that performance. In...
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella has downplayed the damage caused to Lando Norris’s title campaign by poor starts. Norris has lost ground on the first lap several times this season when starting from pole position. That streak finally ended in Singapore, when he...
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says that his team can’t back off on its development plans for the MCL38 despite its current advantage. The team has made a point of not bringing many updates recently, and has instead focussed on optimising what it has. The car...
Lando Norris admits he was “pushing too hard” on his way to a dominant victory for McLaren in the Singapore GP. Norris twice touched the wall, losing some four seconds on the first occasion, as he tried to extend his gap to Ma Verstappen in second place. His advantage...
McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella says that the MCL38’s rear wing is a “red herring” and that rivals being distracted by it is “good news” for the Woking team. McLaren’s flexing low-downforce rear wing became a major focus in the wake of the Baku race. The...
Oscar Piastri admits that it will be difficult to “work some magic” and come through the field in the Singapore GP after a crucial mistake in qualifying left him fifth on the grid. The Australian was not as comfortable on Friday as McLaren team mate Lando Norris, but...
McLaren has agreed with the FIA to change the controversial flexing rear wing of the MCL38 – and has urged the governing body to talk to other teams about what they are doing. McLaren has been talking to the FIA about the wing for a while, but those conversations...
Lando Norris says he’s “proud” of his McLaren Formula 1 team for pushing the limits by creating a rear wing that produces straightline speed benefits and which has been passed legal by the FIA. Flexible wings have been a talking point in recent weeks, and onboard TV...
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says that the team will continue to review what he calls the “principles” of how team orders might be deployed. Ahead of the Azerbaijan GP Stella confirmed that priority would be given to Lando Norris in the World Championship...
McLaren boss Andrea Stella admits that he thought Oscar Piastri’s crucial passing move on Charles Leclerc would “go wrong”. He added that the fact the move succeeded was another demonstration of the Australian’s talent and ability to surprise even his own team....
Lando Norris says his charge to fourth place in Azerbaijan was a better result than anticipated, but he was still left frustrated by the “unfair” yellow flag that saw him stranded in 17th in qualifying. Norris has to back off and abort his final lap in Q1 after a...
