Stella: Piastri “is making all this look simple” in his rookie F1 season
Photo credit: McLaren Racing It was around this time last year that we were talking about Oscar Piastri’s seemingly betrayal of Alpine, a…
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“Urgent work” needed at McLaren F1 to be raceable and competitive at Monza: Stella
It’s been a tumultuous season thus far for Woking’s papaya racing team. After playing down any initial hopes for initial pace at the…
Andrea Stella admits McLaren’s Belgian Grand Prix strategy did not play out as planned
Speaking after last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella breaks down the difficulties…
McLaren: Sainz “either didn’t know Piastri was there or just drove into him” at F1 Belgian GP start
Spa-Francorchamps saw a turbulent start for two drivers starting inside the top 5 on Sunday. Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri were involved…
Oscar Piastri on a “difficult” F1 Hungarian GP: “It unravelled from the first pitstop onwards”
Oscar Piastri had a great start to the Hungarian Grand Prix; after a disappointing start from Lewis Hamilton in pole position, he managed…
Stella: Piastri’s “performance is just outstanding” after career-best fourth place finish
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Stella praises the teamwork that set McLaren on path to recovery: “You don’t do these things alone”
McLaren have found themselves on a road to resurgence following their triumphant return to the podium—in front of the home crowd at the…
Stella says “the improvement seems to be genuine” as he reflects on the upgraded MCL60 race pace
McLaren’s latest set of upgrades leaped the Woking squad up the order, from fighting in the fringes of the top 10 to challenging Max…
McLaren on choice to use hards: “Last-minute change to soft would have been an operational problem”
Photo credit: McLaren Racing When the Virtual Safety Car was deployed after Kevin Magnussen’s engine gave out in the last quarter of the…
McLaren “banking” on updated MCL60 package to save season and give them a “few tenths of a second”
If we cast our minds back to the launch of the MCL60, the whole team was trying to manage the expectations of both press and fans,…