The 2026 F1 season has been a challenge for the reigning Constructors’ Champions McLaren and their drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, as the team currently sits third in the Teams’ Standings with 46 points. After a run of misfortune—with Piastri crashing at his home race in Melbourne and both cars failing to start the…
Mercedes and McLaren have completed a Pirelli F1 tyre test across Tuesday and Wednesday at the legendary Nürburgring circuit in Germany. Both teams ran with their 2026 cars, although the Italian tyre manufacturer dictated all the run plans. Following the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, the tyre test that was due…
As the 2026 F1 season continues to find itself in an ever-changing climate of rule changes, McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri find themselves directly in the eye of the storm, where the first three races have been anything but smooth for the Papaya duo. Piastri was unable to start his home Grand Prix…
Andrea Stella left the 2026 F1 Japanese GP with a second-place finish for Oscar Piastri and a respectable fifth-place for Lando Norris. The McLaren team principal delivered an explanation of his team’s strategic thinking in Suzuka, that laid bare how fundamentally the new power unit regulations are reshaping the art of racing at one of…
Team principal Andrea Stella opened up about Oscar Piastri finally having a strong race weekend in 2026, how well he is coping with setbacks in comparison to last season, and McLaren’s upcoming upgrades following the Australian’s second-place finish at the F1 Japanese GP on Sunday. Setting a lap time of 1:29.132 in the final segment…
McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri successfully started and finished the 2026 F1 Japanese GP; the Aussie finished the race in P2, with the World Champion in P5, leaving team principal Andrea Stella satisfied. Overall, the 2026 Japanese GP was an improvement from the previous two races for the McLaren F1 team. Positive day…
Lando Norris finished P5 at the F1 2026 Japanese GP. While his teammate Oscar Piastri delivered the first podium for McLaren so far this season, the Brit struggled a bit more fighting through a tight pack towards the end of top 6. By the end, McLaren drivers saw few changes to their starting positions. Piastri…
Lando Norris is “playing catch-up” at the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, having been outqualified by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in what he has called a “difficult” weekend. The reigning world champion will start Sunday’s race in fifth after he set a lap time almost three tenths off the pace of teammate Piastri, and six tenths…
McLaren showed mixed pace during Friday’s practice at the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, with Oscar Piastri topping FP2 while Lando Norris’s running was compromised by technical issues. Trouble began for Norris in FP1, as the Brit completed one lap with aero rakes fitted before the team removed them, costing him time; he had changes to…
McLaren had their worst outing of recent years with a double DNS in China, but ahead of the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, both drivers are confident that the team will turn the fortunes around. Piastri says cause of McLaren double DNS at China is clear of Japanese GP Oscar Piastri revealed in a print media…
