Arrow McLaren has confirmed that Tony Kanaan will take the position of team principal at the IndyCar squad. It comes just over a week out from the season-opener at St. Petersburg in Florida. There was widespread surprise when the news broke at the end of last year that Gavin Ward would be departing his role…
Reigning F1 Constructors’ Champions McLaren have taken to the track at Silverstone with the MCL39 for a filming day ahead of the 2025 season. They are the first team to show off their new car, a day before Williams. In a special one-off livery before revealing their 2025 F1 livery at the event in London…
The FIA has recently updated its guidelines in the International Sporting Code, and there is now harsher punishment if drivers end up swearing, or other language the FIA deems harmful — former F1 driver and GPDA chairman Alex Wurz has given his thoughts on it. If Max Verstappen used an expletive in a press conference,…
The recent decision that Johnny Herbert will no longer serve as a F1 steward has reignited discussions about professionalism in stewarding — a topic Christian Horner, Zak Brown and Alex Wurz talked about with Sky Sports. The move raises important questions about whether officials should be allowed to straddle both regulatory and media roles in…
Speaking amidst talks of changes to stewarding in Formula 1, McLaren boss Zak Brown shares that the team would be willing to contribute to full-time stewards for the benefit of the sport. With the news of the FIA set to boost the professionalism of race stewarding, McLaren boss Zak Brown welcomes the proposed changes. This…
McLaren Racing has appointed Alessandro Alunni Bravi as Chief Business Affairs Officer, effective 1 February 2025. The announcement comes just one week after Sauber confirmed Alunni Bravi’s departure. In this new role, he will report directly to CEO Zak Brown and sit as part of the McLaren Racing Executive Team. As Chief Business Affairs Officer,…
McLaren Racing is now the full owner of the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team. The organisation acquired the remaining stake per the 31st of December 2024. The outfit started its life 2001 as Sam Schmidt Motorsports, following IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt’s career-ending crash in 2000. After Ric Peterson purchased stake in the team, it was known…
Appearing on the Sky F1 season review, McLaren CEO Zak Brown shared his thoughts on the experience gained by Lando Norris during his first championship campaign and called for the application of more common sense in the interpretation of the FIA rulebook. The Woking-based team closed their F1 2024 chapter by breaking their 26-year title…
McLaren beat Ferrari at the Abu Dhabi GP by 15 points to claim their first Constructors’ Championship since 1998. The team have been powered by Mercedes since 2021 and their title campaign has shattered the long-held notion that customer teams could never outshine their works counterparts. Toto Wolff, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team principal, however,…
An unexpected mutual exit has just been revealed, with Gavin Ward leaving the Arrow McLaren IndyCar team after only two seasons as Team Principal. The Canadian had begun his motorsport career at Red Bull in Formula One, where he covered a range of roles concerning race engineering and aerodynamics, collaborating in the years of Sebastian…
