2025 F1 world champion, Lando Norris, took over the honour from Max Verstappen to drive with the car boasting the number 1 at Barcelona shakedown. The McLaren driver with number one, hit the track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday, with Norris completing 77 laps across a full systems shakedown. Norris admitted it still…
Chief designer Rob Marshall shared his thoughts on McLaren hitting the track for the first time with their 2026 car, how innovative the MCL40 is, and their run plan for the remainder of the F1 shakedown as the third day of the private event in Barcelona came to a close. McLaren initially dedicated their time…
While McLaren have unveiled the renders of the MCL40 in a testing livery, Red Bull have published the first images of their real 2026 F1 car ahead of the behind-closed-doors Barcelona shakedown. As F1 undergoes a major regulations reset in 2026, ten teams, apart from Williams, are utilising a shakedown event prior to the two…
The first official pre-season tests for the 2026 F1 season begin tomorrow after some shakedowns earlier this month, as most of the teams and cars head to Barcelona for the first of three testing periods ahead of the start of the championship. Seven 2026 F1 cars have hit the track for shakedowns or filming days…
As the Formula 1 teams start to gradually reveal pieces of their 2026 challengers, from liveries to aero packages, it’s timely to revisit one of the strangest pre-season testing occurrences in F1 history. Coming into the 2015 F1 season, Lewis Hamilton was a defending two-time world champion with Mercedes whilst his former McLaren teammate Alonso…
McLaren successfully secured over $12 million in damages after taking legal action against four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou, who previously served as the team’s F1 reserve driver; CEO Zak Brown hailed the outcome as “entirely appropriate,” while Palou expressed disappointment over the court’s decision. The compensation covers a range of commercial and contractual impacts stemming…
McLaren Chief Designer Rob Marshall says the team’s 2026 F1 car will likely remain similar from the Barcelona testing through to the opening round of the Formula 1 season in Australia. Marshall said the atmosphere within McLaren remains positive as the team approaches its first on-track running. Though, this running will not come on the…
Ahead of the closed-door, private F1 testing event held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya later this month, McLaren boss Andrea Stella revealed they will opt out of the first day of testing to spend more time on the development of their latest contender — the MCL40. The private test session begins on the 26th of January…
Greystone GT has confirmed its first driver pairing for the 2026 International GT Open Championship, announcing Zak Meakin and Dean Macdonald as the crew of one of its McLaren 720S GT3 cars. The British team, led by Tim Mullen, will once again represent McLaren in the championship. Greystone GT plans to enter two McLaren 720S…
McLaren Racing has confirmed Mikkel Jensen as the first driver for its ambitious return to the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2027. The Danish driver admitted he felt “goosebumps” as he joined the iconic British marque’s Hypercar programme. Thus, the announcement marks a significant milestone for McLaren’s endurance racing revival,…
