Oscar Piastri was surprised how much he struggled in F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP to finish outside Top 5, as he notes that to find the extra tenth he put the car in an uncomfortable place. McLaren started off the 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP on a much better note on Friday, with both Piastri and Lando Norris…
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…
Oscar Piastri qualified P7 at the F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP on Saturday. He admitted there was more time available in the final sector while acknowledging McLaren facing a stronger challenge than anticipated. The Australian did not feel qualifying had completely slipped away. However, he noted the gap to polesitter George Russell was larger than what McLaren…
Lando Norris reflects on his P4 Qualifying result as a “good step forward” for McLaren at the 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP. Despite missing out on FP1 as rookie Leonardo Fornaroli stepped into his car, Norris started his weekend with promise, topping FP2. Finishing FP3 in P4, the Brit was only able to complete one lap…
McLaren will return to the highest level of endurance racing in 2027, more than three decades after its remarkable first-attempt victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The British manufacturer will enter the MCL-HY in the Hypercar category and pursue a second overall victory at La Sarthe. In doing so, McLaren will reconnect its…
Lando Norris heads into the 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP weekend after an unfortunate retirement at the Monaco GP. The retirement was his second consecutive, and both were due to issues outside the driver’s control. Norris: Any title defence “just not possible” for the time being On lap 45 of the Monaco GP when running in…
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…
Following a strong weekend in Miami, McLaren believed they were in a position to regain the momentum that led them to win back-to-back Constructors’ championships in 2024 and 2025. However, as team principal Andrea Stella stated, the 2026 F1 Canadian and Monaco GP instead provided the team with an “important reality check”. Stella reflected on…
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…
At the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, Lando Norris suffered his second consecutive DNF due to his power unit. On lap 45 of the 78-lap race, the Briton was struck with his second battery-related issue of the weekend and was told to retire the car from a net P8. This marked the third retirement or non-start…
