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Norris not fully “confident and comfortable” in the MCL38 as long term McLaren F1 car limitations still exist

Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lando Norris shared his thoughts on the team’s progress and expectations for the race. Fresh off his first Grand Prix win at Miami, Norris has shown that McLaren can compete at the highest level despite following Red Bull’s dominant start to 2024. Discussing the team’s improvements in…

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“Slightly more well-behaved than we anticipated based on our development tools” — Stella says MCL38 F1 car working better than expected in low speed

McLaren have continued their run of success as of late. After capping off their first victory since 2021 in Miami, the team has racked up 2 podiums in 2 races, as Lando Norris finished in 3rd in Imola, and Oscar Piastri finished second in Monaco. Since their upgrade package arrived in Miami that led to…

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McLaren’s recent F1 success has “inspired” Mercedes “to get on it” — Hamilton

Unlike the 2023 season where one team was dominating the whole campaign, the 2024 season has three contenders for the Constructors’ Championship: Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren. Using a Mercedes engine, McLaren has 5 podiums and a win this season, compared to Mercedes’s 0 rostrum appearances. The Brackley-based team has not been able to close…

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“Oscar and I seem to have a magnet recently between each other” — Sainz quips about turn 1 contact with Piastri at F1 Monaco GP

Carlos Sainz secured P3 on Sunday to made it his third podium at Monaco in the past four years, finishing a mere 4 tenths behind McLaren’s Oscar Piastri at the chequered flag. This was not without incident however, as Sainz and Piastri once again came to blows, as the two made contact in turn 1…

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Piastri is “overall pretty happy” with P2 in F1 Monaco GP as he bags first podium of 2024

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri backed up his front row start in Monaco, as despite picking up damage at turn 1, he was able to bring home his third Formula One podium, finishing P2, 7.152 seconds behind race winner Charles Leclerc. Having hounded home hero Leclerc for a large part of the race, Piastri eventually started to…

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Stella: Ferrari “did a good job of always keeping Lando in the pit window of one of the Mercedes” during F1 Monaco GP

On the streets of Monte Carlo, McLaren displayed another impressive team performance, with Oscar Piastri landing in P2, and Lando Norris narrowly missing the podium in P4, just over a second behind the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz. With Charles Leclerc securing pole position for the race, Piastri was hot on his heels in P2, just…

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F1 | Monaco GP | Race | Charles Leclerc dominates to win his home race for the first time

The Ferraris and McLarens picked the mediums for the start, with the Mercedes drivers and Max Verstappen starting on hards, looking to go longer in the first stint. Tsunoda, Albon, Ricciardo, Guanyu and Hülkenberg also started on mediums, with the rest — including Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso — joining the Mercedes drivers and Verstappen…

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Oscar Piastri after losing out to Leclerc in F1 qualifying for the Monaco GP: “A couple of mistakes at the end, but credit to Charles”

One-and-a-half tenth, that’s how much Oscar Piastry was shy of this first pole position of his Formula 1 career. The young Ozzy was on top of his game the entire session, but he eventually had to acknowlegde that Leclerc had the better of him this time around. The former Formula 2-champ was however critical of…

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F1 | Monaco GP | Qualifying | Pole position for Charles Leclerc, ahead of Piastri and Sainz

Formula 1 is back on track this weekend for the Monaco Grand Prix and it could be no one other than Charles Leclerc, who grew up in these streets, to open track action ahead of everyone. The Monegasque topped the time-sheet both on Friday and in this morning’s final free practice session, ahead of Max…

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F1 | Monaco GP | FP3 | Charles Leclerc tops final practice ahead of his home Grand Prix

Home hero Leclerc leads the way as the Monegasque driver targets a debut home victory around the streets of Monaco. George Russell in the Mercedes was the first to hit the streets of Monaco in the final practice session ahead of qualifying this afternoon, followed by the McLaren pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri….

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