McLaren’s opening day at the F1 Spanish GP left Oscar Piastri and technical director Mark Temple answering questions about the new circuit, Madring. This track has already punished drivers in unexpected ways. The Madring track made its debut on the calendar, and the 5.416 kilometre layout combined street sections with permanent surface in a way…
Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his thoughts on how McLaren’s overall execution of the 2026 Italian GP was, the challenges of energy management, the impact of the powerful slipstream at Monza, the set-up changes they made, and their current weaknesses after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri came home in P4 and P5, respectively, on Sunday….
While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 22-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…
Following the 2026 F1 Italian GP, Oscar Piastri discussed the difficulty of racing while trying to manage the energy over a lap. He also spoke on the battle with his McLaren teammate Lando Norris during the last lap of the race. Piastri on the pace of the McLaren during the 2026 F1 Italian GP Oscar…
Andrea Stella and Oscar Piastri reflected on a much stronger race for the Australian as he finished 5th for McLaren in the 2026 F1 Italian GP. It had been a very tricky couple of rounds for Oscar Piastri at Hungary and Zandvoort. Although he led the first two stints at the Hungaroring, teammate Lando Norris…
On a Sunday with team tactics or a lack of them in some cases, McLaren boss Andrea Stella reviewed the closing laps in the 2026 F1 Italian GP between his drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Starting P6 after a grid penalty for blocking Lawson (Piastri) and P8 (Norris), the McLaren duo found themselves in…
Kimi Antonelli‘s storming, P19 to P1 victory at F1 2026 Italian GP will dominate the headlines, and rightly so. It made him the first Italian to win his home race since 1966. However, a few positions back, Lando Norris was fighting a battle of his own on the F1 Italian GP. It very nearly ended…
Lando Norris is not worried about the performance of McLaren F1 ahead of the Italian GP, in spite of other championship contenders strengthening themselves after the summer break. The reigning Formula 1 World Champion discussed the track specifics ahead of the first race at Monza featuring the new generation of challengers. Energy management will be…
In 2025, Lando Norris became the first F2 alumni to win a F1 World Championship. The McLaren driver finished as the championship runner-up to George Russell in 2018, having won his first F2 race at the opening round in Bahrain. As F2 celebrates its tenth season, Norris reflected on his time in the championship, the…
McLaren Technical Director of Applied Engineering Neil Houldey believes the team must remain cautious heading into the 2026 F1 Italian GP despite arriving at Monza on the back of consecutive victories. After securing back-to-back victories in Hungary and the Netherlands with Lando Norris, the Woking-based outfit faces a very different challenge at the Autodromo Nazionale…
