McLaren F1 Team Principal Andrea Stella left the 2026 Singapore GP with a realistic outlook. The papaya team banked solid points on Sunday at Marina Bay. However, the Italian knew the result owed as much to circumstances as to pace. A late-race charge had lifted both cars into the top five, but a missed podium…
Despite welcoming Norris’ apology and team-focused approach, Andrea Stella insists McLaren still has work to do following Saturday’s Sprint collision at the 2026 F1 Singapore GP. The McLaren teammates collided on the final lap of Saturday’s Sprint as Norris attempted to overtake Oscar Piastri on the inside into Turn 5. The contact sent the Australian…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella was extremely disappointed with his driver duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri following their collision in the 2026 F1 Sprint Race at the Singapore GP. Not only the impact called for extensive fixes on the Aussie’s challenger in the very little time left before Qualifying, but it also cost…
Given that multiple 2026 cars experienced a loss of power and got stranded on the formation lap, Andrea Stella, Fred Vasseur, and Allan McNish shared their thoughts on the unusual software glitch and what it did for the optics of the sport following the chaotic rain-affected F1 race in Malaysia on Sunday. With a heavy…
“So ultimately, it was an incorrect judgement as to the crossover at which the dry tyres would be faster than the intermediate tyres,” Andrea Stella said as he reviewed the McLaren strategy after the 2026 F1 Malaysia round. Stella admitted that the McLaren F1 strategy misread how quickly Sepang would dry. As a result, both…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella spoke after the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP to explain what went wrong for Lando Norris in Baku. Norris jumped from fifth to second at the start. He then fell back through the field throughout the race. A lock-up at Turn 1 on lap 30 let the #10 and #12 through;…
McLaren F1 Team Principal Andrea Stella has admitted the Virtual Safety car rules have left him “puzzled” after the Spanish GP. The timing of the VSC at the Madring cost McLaren an easy victory for reigning world champion Lando Norris. Stella questioned whether the system was fair. Stella on race control and the existing rules…
On another difficult weekend for Oscar Piastri in F1 2026, McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella discussed his Spanish GP and the challenges his driver is facing. The driver of car #81 had to settle for 8th on Sunday. In 2025, the 25-year-old was absolutely outstanding for most of the year, before ultimately falling short of…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella analysed a weekend of promise that ultimately had a sting in the tail for Lando Norris at the 2026 F1 Spanish GP. Struggling to match Mercedes and Ferrari in practice through Friday and into Saturday, the team worked hard on the MCL40 to get it into a window to allow…
Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his thoughts on how McLaren’s overall execution of the 2026 Italian GP was, the challenges of energy management, the impact of the powerful slipstream at Monza, the set-up changes they made, and their current weaknesses after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri came home in P4 and P5, respectively, on Sunday….
