Team chemistry is a fragile aspect of motorsports where a driver is touted as the first and the other as the second. It is not rare for teammates to be at each other’s necks, just like McLaren had back in the 2007 season where two-time world champion Fernando Alonso butted head with rookie Lewis Hamilton….
Ever since Red Bull’s former CTO resigned from his position after almost 20 years, Newey has been linked to almost all teams on the Formula 1 grid, from the ever alluring Ferrari, to Mercedes looking for a big signing after the departure of Lewis Hamilton, including Aston Martin and its Honda deal. A return to…
Coming out of last season, everyone expected McLaren to be good. However, they didn’t expect them to be this good. McLaren already have 2 race wins this year, one by each driver, and have had consistent podium finishes. This means that in the drivers’ championship, Lando Norris trails Max Verstappen by 78 points, which may…
More big news has arrived with confirmation from McLaren that Andrea Stella has agreed a new multi-year deal with the Woking-based squad. The Italian previously worked as Head of Race Operations and Performance Director, before gaining a promotion to Executive Director, Racing in 2019. At the end of 2022, Andreas Seidl left his role at…
McLaren’s messy management of the Hungarian Grand Prix is one of the big talking points to come out of Sunday’s race. At the start, Oscar Piastri got a slightly better launch and took the lead from Lando Norris into turn 1. From there, he was controlling the race by 4s, although he did have a…
McLaren’s Zak Brown says the team is prepared to take the fight to Red Bull in the second half of the 2024 season as the Woking based outfit makes the most of their gains. With McLaren drastically closing the gap to a once dominant Red Bull Racing as the 2024 F1 season progresses, questions have…
McLaren CEO Zak Brown is not impressed with the current stewarding standards in Formula 1, calling for reforms to address inconsistencies. This comes after the dramatic Austrian Grand Prix, where McLaren openly disagreed with various decisions taken by the stewards regarding their drivers across the weekend. On Saturday, the team was unhappy with the penalty…
NASCAR’s Kyle Larson has long been a driver that IndyCar fans wanted to see race in the Indy 500. For the 2024 edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” race fans will get their wish. McLaren CEO Zak Brown was the driving force behind the 2021 NASCAR champion getting the opportunity to race at the…
Over the Miami Grand Prix weekend, Team Principal and CEO of Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner, responded to comments from Mercedes and McLaren which suggested that the team would be weakened by the departure of their Chief Technology Officer, Adrian Newey, with McLaren CEO Zak Brown stating that he believed that Newey “won’t be the…
Christian Horner, who recently admitted that Red Bull powertrains has hired 220 Mercedes staff members, claims he is unconcerned about other teams trying to poach big names of his. A number of important Red Bull employees, including long-term team manager Jonathan Wheatley, were the focus of rival teams’ attention during the Miami Grand Prix weekend….
