Andrea Stella is not pinning down all the McLaren reliability problems to Mercedes HPP after another setback in F1 Monaco GP, as he notes of ongoing review and discussions. McLaren’s F1 2026 season has been derailed by reliability issues so far. They have had double DNS in China along with retirements for Lando Norris in…
Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, and Andrea Stella have shared their thoughts on how they expect McLaren to perform at the 2026 Monaco GP, why they believe Ferrari would have the edge over the rest of the field, and whether the new F1 cars would produce better racing in Monte Carlo this year. Although a botched…
Despite showing promising pace across much of the F1 Canadian Grand Prix (GP) weekend, McLaren’s Team Principal Andrea Stella admitted the team left Montreal with questions surrounding the true competitiveness of its latest upgrade package after struggling heavily with tyre temperatures during Sunday’s race. McLaren arrived at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with a revised package for…
McLaren trio Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Andrea Stella agree the tyre strategy was eventually a wrong call in F1 Canadian GP, but at that moment, it felt right. The gamble from McLaren to start the 2026 F1 Canadian GP on the intermediate tyre fell flat, the moment they went around the formation lap. When…
McLaren’s Andrea Stella and Red Bull’s Laurent Mekies comment on claims about GianPiero Lambiase joining McLaren as team boss during the 2026 F1 Canadian GP FIA team principal press conference. Since the announcement that GianPiero Lambiase will join McLaren by 2028, speculation has grown that he may replace the current team principal, Andrea Stella. Rumors…
Oscar Piastri reckons links to Red Bull F1 seat is flattering and proves his stocks as a driver, as Andrea Stella and Laurent Mekies plays down the stories. In the gap between the races in Miami and Canada, reports linked McLaren’s Piastri to a potential Red Bull F1 drive in the future, if Max Verstappen…
While Toto Wolff has shed more light on the upgrades Mercedes are bringing to the Canadian GP this weekend and their mantra for the rest of the campaign, Andrea Stella has discussed McLaren’s two-stage upgrade plan and the prospect of defending the F1 Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles in 2026. Despite emerging victorious in the first…
Andrea Stella has praised the impressive development of Kimi Antonelli following the 2026 Miami GP weekend, with the McLaren Team Principal highlighting the young Mercedes driver’s consistency and speed during the early stages of the season. Antonelli, who is currently in just his second Formula 1 campaign at only 19 years old, has continued to…
Andrea Stella spoke on the upgrades that McLaren brought to the 2026 F1 Miami GP following Sunday’s race. These upgrades seemed to improve the performance of the MCL40, scoring their first double podium of the 2026 season, with Norris P2 and Piastri P3. Andrea Stella on the upgrade design trends he noticed at the 2026…
Andrea Stella says Mercedes still is the faster car overall despite inroads made by McLaren in 2026 F1 Miami GP. After only one result of second place from the first three races, McLaren turned the tide in 2026 F1 Miami GP after 1-2 finish in the sprint race on Saturday, followed by second and third…
