Having qualified 3rd for the 2026 F1 Italian GP, Oscar Piastri will start from 6th as he received a grid penalty for impeding Liam Lawson. As Q2 came towards its end, Max Verstappen was trying to tow Liam Lawson around to try and get his teammate into Q3 so the Kiwi could try and get…
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…
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…
Fred Vasseur has opened up about Ferrari falling short of expectations at Zandvoort, whether the second engine upgrade would allow them to fare better in qualifying in the remaining rounds of the 2026 F1 season, their key takeaway from the race weekend, and whether an overtake on George Russell was on the cards before the…
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…
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…
Lando Norris believes he can challenge George Russell for victory in the Dutch GP Sprint after missing Sprint pole by only 0.041 seconds at Zandvoort during Qualifying, while McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri took encouragement from the progress he made throughout Friday. The margins proved exceptionally tight during Sprint Qualifying. Norris initially went quickest in SQ3…
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…
