McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella has reflected on the first half of the 2026 F1 season, praising the way Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have responded to the demands of the new regulatory era. He also highlighted the continued growth of Reserve and Development Driver Leonardo Fornaroli. Speaking during the summer break, Stella offered an…
The Woking-based team headed into the summer break fresh off a win; McLaren sit third in the 2026 Constructors’ Championship at the Mid-Season mark on 220 points, as Pit Debrief delivers a review on their campaign so far. The team sit 159 points behind leaders Mercedes and 87 adrift of Ferrari. Defending back-to-back Constructors’ champions…
After the F1 2026 Hungarian GP, McLaren’s Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his thoughts on what helped Lando Norris claim his first win as world champion. The last race before the mid-season break was a chaotic one. Particularly in the McLaren garage, the team dealt with polar-opposite stories after Sunday. Norris had qualified P1 and…
Nikolas Tombazis, Single Seater Director at the FIA, has opened up about why F1’s supreme governing body couldn’t intervene and change the new technical regulations in the years leading up to 2026. The introduction of the new engines and chassis has undoubtedly produced more on-track action than in the past few seasons. However, the first…
Mark Temple explains F1 2026 regulations using food examples, as he goes through the challenges McLaren faced in the build-up. There have been a lot of technical explanations from F1 teams or pundits to describe the 2026 regulations, but McLaren technical director of performance Temple has brought forward his ‘A’ game to equate the developments…
Following the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his insights on the weekend and broke down the team’s decision to pit Oscar Piastri to cover off Lewis Hamilton and the call to go longer with Lando Norris. It was a strong outing for McLaren at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP with…
Oscar Piastri left the Hungaroring with a lingering sense of displeasure after the McLaren driver went from leading the race for over 20 laps to making contact with Williams’ Carlos Sainz and eventually retiring from the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP due to suspected gearbox issues. The Aussie moved up to third on the grid after…
After Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth and fifth, respectively, at the 2026 Hungarian GP, Team Principal Fred Vasseur opened up about why Ferrari underperformed on a track that was supposed to suit the SF-26, their pit stop strategy, and the positives he took away from the race weekend heading into the F1…
Team Principal Andrea Stella has opened up about Oscar Piastri’s emotional outburst over team radio, McLaren’s rationale behind their second pit stop sequence at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, and the Australian’s run-in with backmarker Carlos Sainz in the latter half of the race. While Lando Norris converted pole position into victory at the Hungaroring,…
Oscar Piastri was running in the net lead of the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP when he had a run-in with Carlos Sainz’s Williams on lap 38, losing him valuable race time and the race lead to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who ultimately went on to win the race comfortably. Piastri was “pissed off” to be…
