McLaren team principal Andrea Stella shared his insights on Mercedes‘ latest claims that they do not have sufficient funds to bring many more upgrades to their 2026 challenger. At the 2026 F1 Dutch GP, McLaren’s Lando Norris clinched his second consecutive race win of the 2026 season, once again beating both Mercedes drivers to the…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella believes Lando Norris continues to improve as a driver, praising the reigning Formula 1 (F1) World Champion’s growing confidence and assertiveness following his victory at the 2026 Dutch GP. Norris secured pole position for Sunday’s race at Zandvoort after finishing third in the Sprint. He initially retained the lead before…
Current F1 World Champion Lando Norris has agreed a new deal with McLaren to stay at the Woking-based squad until the end of 2030. The 26-year-old joined the team in 2017 as a Development Driver. He would go on to make his F1 debut at the 2019 Australian Grand Prix, impressively securing P8 on the…
McLaren has completed the first full endurance test of its MCL-HY Hypercar as development intensifies ahead of the manufacturer’s return to the top level of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2027. The LMDh prototype ran for more than 30 hours at MotorLand Aragón during a programme designed to replicate the demands of an…
Oscar Piastri finished fifth at the 2026 F1 Dutch GP after starting from P4 on the grid, with the McLaren driver struggling to extract the same pace from the car as teammate Lando Norris throughout the race. Norris, who started from pole position, battled throughout the race with the likes of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and…
Following a second straight win for Lando Norris in 2026 at the F1 Dutch GP, McLaren boss Andrea Stella analysed the race of the Brit and Oscar Piastri. Having qualified on pole position on Saturday afternoon, the World Champion lost the lead to Kimi Antonelli on the standing restart after the red flag for Max…
Lando Norris won the 2026 F1 Dutch GP in dominant fashion, and he did so by battling Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes for the best part of three-quarters of the race distance after losing the lead at the restart following the red flag for Max Verstappen’s first-lap shunt at the final corner. Norris looked comfortably quick enough…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri finished P4 in the main Qualifying for the F1 2026 Dutch GP, behind teammate Norris in pole and both Mercedes. As F1 returned for the second half of the 2026 season, Piastri hoped to come back stronger after a few struggles at the start of the year. The Australian finished P6 in…
Despite the threat of rain, Lando Norris risked one more lap and clinched his second back-to-back pole position of the season at the 2026 F1 Dutch GP. The Briton clocked a time of 1:11.163, topping the time chart and beating both Mercedes drivers by just over a tenth. Reflecting on his performance in Qualifying, Norris…
Lando Norris admitted McLaren lacked the pace to fight Charles Leclerc after he finished third in the 2026 F1 Dutch GP Sprint Race at Zandvoort. Norris started second behind George Russell after a strong Sprint Qualifying, but the McLaren driver could not stay with the Mercedes once the race got underway. Russell made a clean…
