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McLaren “still not in a position where we can gain the victory out of outright performance”, says Andrea Stella following F1 Canadian GP

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 months ago010 mins

It’s a double top five finish for McLaren in Canada, a great haul of points that leaves the Woking-based team in P3 in the Constructors’ Championship, only 40 points behind Ferrari. However, in spite of the very positive result, there’s still room for regret, as Norris led a number of laps, even achieving a 11.4s…

F1 | Canadian GP | Race | Max Verstappen masters Montreal to win wild race from Norris and Russell

James O'Connor7 months ago7 months ago012 mins

The Saubers of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu started from pit lane. They changed to a different rear wing spec as they looked to take advantage of the wet conditions. RUS, VER, NOR, PIA, RIC, ALO, HAM, TSU, STR, ALB, LEC, SAI, SAR, MAG, GAS, PER, HUL, OCO was the final starting grid. 18 drivers…

“I think we’re in the fight” — Norris confident McLaren can go for F1 Canadian GP win on basis of recent race pace

Karishma Persad7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

After an impressive performance in qualifying, Lando Norris will be starting Sunday’s race in P3, alongside his McLaren Oscar Piastri in P4. The McLaren driver, whose fastest time in Q3 was just 21 milliseconds off the time by pole-sitter George Russell of Mercedes was asked whether he was frustrated by having missed out on the…

F1 | Canadian GP | Qualifying | Russell on pole as Verstappen sets exactly the same time in thrilling Q3

James O'Connor7 months ago06 mins

Following a dry FP3, dark clouds started to appear as qualifying got underway in Montreal. Q1 Stroll, Norris, Verstappen and Russell all took turns at the top in the first half of the session. Russell’s 1:13.242 had him a tenth clear of Verstappen. Hamilton backed up his teammate, 0.201s slower away. Norris, Stroll, Alonso, Sainz,…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP3 | Hamilton goes fastest by almost 0.4s as Ferrari struggles

Karishma Persad7 months ago7 months ago09 mins

After rainy Friday practice sessions, the third free practice session gets off to a dry start. Max Verstappen in the Red Bull is the first out on track, after being forced to end FP2 early due to a ERS issue. He is closely followed by his teammate, Sergio Perez. Both Red Bull drivers are on…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP1 | Norris fastest as drivers grapple with wet conditions

Rachel Stephens7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

The 43rd GP weekend to be completed at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve begins, strangely, with closed pitlane. Rainstorms hit the fully resurfaced Montreal track throughout the day, but the clock started ticking down on the FP1 session as planned. Despite this, the pitlane remains closed for the marshals to remove standing water to be removed from…

Norris not fully “confident and comfortable” in the MCL38 as long term McLaren F1 car limitations still exist

Öykü Ceylan7 months ago7 months ago09 mins

Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lando Norris shared his thoughts on the team’s progress and expectations for the race. Fresh off his first Grand Prix win at Miami, Norris has shown that McLaren can compete at the highest level despite following Red Bull’s dominant start to 2024. Discussing the team’s improvements in…

Verstappen says it’s “quite exciting” that Red Bull F1 has a “good direction to work in” following Monaco GP struggles

Ewout Albrecht7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

World Championship leader and reigning champion Max Verstappen is looking forward to make progress again, coming of three race weekends that were more difficult than anyone perhaps had imagined after the dominant performances in Asia earlier in the season. In Imola there was a victory eventually, but had the race lasted only a few laps…

“Slightly more well-behaved than we anticipated based on our development tools” — Stella says MCL38 F1 car working better than expected in low speed

Jonah Presser7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

McLaren have continued their run of success as of late. After capping off their first victory since 2021 in Miami, the team has racked up 2 podiums in 2 races, as Lando Norris finished in 3rd in Imola, and Oscar Piastri finished second in Monaco. Since their upgrade package arrived in Miami that led to…

McLaren’s recent F1 success has “inspired” Mercedes “to get on it” — Hamilton

Anumitha Murugapandian7 months ago04 mins

Unlike the 2023 season where one team was dominating the whole campaign, the 2024 season has three contenders for the Constructors’ Championship: Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren. Using a Mercedes engine, McLaren has 5 podiums and a win this season, compared to Mercedes’s 0 rostrum appearances. The Brackley-based team has not been able to close…