While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 22-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…
Andrea Stella has backed Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s assessment of McLaren’s current performance after the 2026 F1 Austrian GP, explaining that the team needs upgrades to match the pace of its rivals. McLaren struggled with race pace during the Austrian GP, with Piastri finishing P4 and Norris P7. Speaking after the race, Piastri said…
World Champion and McLaren driver Lando Norris had a pretty quiet run to P7 at the 2026 F1 Austrian GP. Starting P6 on the grid, the British driver lost out to teammate Oscar Piastri on the opening lap. He would then fall to P8 as Isack Hadjar got the undercut in the first round of…
McLaren had a promising start to their F1 Austrian GP weekend in the Friday practice sessions. Oscar Piastri was third in FP1 and climbed to second in FP2. Lando Norris only ran nine laps in FP1 due to an unspecified problem, but was still seventh on the timesheet. With the problem resolved for FP2, Norris…
F1 is back for the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring; Aussie Oscar Piastri did not have the best time this season so far, but with McLaren’s solid track record here, Piastri is hopeful. Speaking on Thursday, Piastri talked about McLaren’s tactics and struggles ahead of the F1 Austrian GP. Piastri on the struggles…
Ahead of the 2026 F1 Austrian GP, McLaren‘s Lando Norris spoke in a print media session and doubled down on the statement he made in Barcelona on Ferrari’s potential. The Briton made the comment after placing P3 at the Barcelona-Catalunya GP behind race winner Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. The Scuderia enters the upcoming weekend with its…
Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his insights on the difference in performance between the two McLaren F1 drivers after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri took the chequered flag in P3 and P5, respectively, at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya GP. Setting the fourth-fastest time in qualifying, Norris started the 66-lap race on the medium tyres. While he…
The 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP delivered a complete British podium, with Lewis Hamilton on top, followed by George Russell and Lando Norris respectively. Although the season is not even halfway through, the Barcelona-Catalunya GP might go down as the most unforgettable weekend of 2026, highlighted by Hamilton’s first-ever victory with Ferrari. Yet, it was also…
Team Principal Andrea Stella has shed more light on McLaren’s strategy choice, Lewis Hamilton’s pace, the positives they took away from the race, Ferrari’s increased competitiveness, and the area they still need to work on after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri crossed the line in P3 and P5, respectively, at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya GP on…
From the get-go, the 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP promised to be an interesting one, with pole sitter George Russell starting one compound harder than Lewis Hamilton in P2. Add to that a two-stop strategy and lots of tyre degradation, and multiple scenarios could unfold. At the back, hometown hero Fernando Alonso opted to start from…
