Team principal Andrea Stella has addressed the late brake issue that Lando Norris encountered at the Shanghai International Circuit as McLaren secured their first 1-2 finish of the season at the F1 Chinese GP. After aborting his final flying lap in Q3 due to a couple of mistakes and starting from third on the grid…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Oscar Piastri’s calm and collected win from pole position at the 2025 F1 Chinese GP showed just much the Australian improved his racecraft and general speed over the off-season. Piastri’s commanding victory on Sunday in Shanghai was the perfect way to bounce back after a disappointing home race last…
In his print media session ahead of the F1 Chinese GP, Oscar Piastri says good discussions happened with McLaren following the team orders that got briefly put in place at the Australian GP last Sunday involving him and teammate Lando Norris. What happened at the Australian GP involving McLaren, Piastri, Norris and team orders As…
McLaren were the quickest team during FP1, with Lando Norris placing first and Oscar Piastri third at the F1 Chinese GP. This momentum only carried on into the early sessions of Sprint Qualifying where they continued to top the charts. However in SQ3, they ultimately missed out on pole. The team had made the decision…
Team principal Andrea Stella has addressed the disappointing P9 finish of Oscar Piastri after McLaren managed to secure victory with Lando Norris at the chaotic rain-affected F1 Australian GP. Despite losing a position to Max Verstappen off the line, Piastri managed to climb back to P2 on Lap 17 and keep his aspirations for a…
Following their impressive victory in the chaotic opening race of the 2025 season, team principal Andrea Stella has addressed the team orders that McLaren imposed on Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris during the F1 Australian GP on Sunday. McLaren found themselves involved in several controversies over team orders last season as they clinched the Constructors’…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella discussed Max Verstappen’s blistering pace in the final stages of the 2025 Australian GP, which put Lando Norris under pressure with just two laps remaining of the race. After a strong start of the race, Verstappen found himself in second place after overtaking Oscar Piastri and pressurising Norris for the…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes his team did a good job in its decision-making process at the ever-changing conditions of the 2025 F1 Australian GP, and believes the learning from past mistakes has made the difference in allowing Lando Norris to weather the storm and come out on top in the season opener. Norris…
Reigning World Constructors’ Champions McLaren have made a superb start to the 2025 F1 season as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri annexed the front row for Sunday’s Australian GP, and team principal Andrea Stella was very pleased post-qualifying. Throughout practice it had looked close between the top 4 teams, with Williams also looking incredibly strong…
As the 2025 F1 season gets underway, McLaren finds itself in a position of strength, having built a stable foundation both on and off the track, and Andrea Stella and Zak Brown discussed the contract extension of Oscar Piastri in Melbourne on Thursday in a print media session. One of the key components of this…
