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…
McLaren driver and current F1 World Champion Lando Norris finished 3rd in the 2026 Spanish GP behind Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen. It is a race he should have won. Starting on pole at the new Madrid circuit, the 26-year-old kept the lead once the Italian driver gave him the place back as he cut…
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….
Andrea Stella and Oscar Piastri reflected on a much stronger race for the Australian as he finished 5th for McLaren in the 2026 F1 Italian GP. It had been a very tricky couple of rounds for Oscar Piastri at Hungary and Zandvoort. Although he led the first two stints at the Hungaroring, teammate Lando Norris…
Following a second straight win for Lando Norris in 2026 at the F1 Dutch GP, McLaren boss Andrea Stella analysed the race of the Brit and Oscar Piastri. Having qualified on pole position on Saturday afternoon, the World Champion lost the lead to Kimi Antonelli on the standing restart after the red flag for Max…
The Woking-based team headed into the summer break fresh off a win; McLaren sit third in the 2026 Constructors’ Championship at the Mid-Season mark on 220 points, as Pit Debrief delivers a review on their campaign so far. The team sit 159 points behind leaders Mercedes and 87 adrift of Ferrari. Defending back-to-back Constructors’ champions…
Andrea Stella has shared his thoughts on the lessons McLaren have learned in the first half of the season, whether there has been a real turning point until now, what contributed to their Hungarian GP success, the responsibility of carrying the team’s legacy forward, whether transitioning from the MCL40 to next year’s project is difficult,…
McLaren Technical Director – Performance, Mark Temple, outlined the challenges the team has faced as an engine customer, the working relationship with engine supplier Mercedes, and how the team has responded to new role requirements arising from the 2026 F1 regulations. With the introduction of the 2026 F1 regulations, customer teams, such as McLaren, started…
Mark Temple explains F1 2026 regulations using food examples, as he goes through the challenges McLaren faced in the build-up. There have been a lot of technical explanations from F1 teams or pundits to describe the 2026 regulations, but McLaren technical director of performance Temple has brought forward his ‘A’ game to equate the developments…
Following the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella shared his insights on the weekend and broke down the team’s decision to pit Oscar Piastri to cover off Lewis Hamilton and the call to go longer with Lando Norris. It was a strong outing for McLaren at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP with…
