McLaren made a positive start to the F1 Las Vegas GP weekend, with the team demonstrating considerably improved pace in FP2, compared to their challenging visit to the circuit last season. Despite significant disruptions to Friday’s second practice session, both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri highlighted encouraging signs for the remainder of the weekend. Norris…
McLaren Racing’s Lando Norris heads into the 2025 F1 Las Vegas GP with a decent advantage at the top of the Drivers’ Standings. The Briton leads by 24 points and carries strong momentum into the final stretch of the season. After a commanding victory in Mexico, Norris’ dominant display at the São Paulo GP proved…
2025 marks a new year of opportunities for younger drivers or ones with plenty of experience in other categories as each team needs to give a rookie driver or drivers four opportunities in their cars during the season in F1 FP1 sessions. In previous years it had been just two, with many saving the second…
The 2025 F1 season is heading into its final stretch with McLaren at the top of the Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships. In what has been the closest teammate battle in recent seasons, Lando Norris took hold of the championship after the Mexico City GP. At the time, there was one point separating him from his…
November 2025 marks 30 years since Mika Häkkinen’s huge crash during Friday qualifying at the F1 Australian GP in Adelaide. The Finn had a rear tyre failure heading into turn 10. His car got airborne and spat him into the tyres at over 100mph as he entered the fastest corner on the circuit. Trackside medics…
In a recent episode of F1 Beyond the Grid podcast, Andrea Stella reflected on his journey, offering insights into how leadership evolves under the intensity of Formula 1 and how he guides decisions today at McLaren. Learning from Ferrari’s Golden Era When Andrea Stella joined Ferrari in 2000 as an engineer, he stepped into one…
McLaren Racing has announced an expansion in its Driver Development Programme and will enter a second car into the 2026 F1 Academy season. Ella Lloyd will continue driving for McLaren and will be joined by Ella Stevens. The pair will drive in cars operated by Rodin Motorsport. Additionally, Mika Häkkinen’s daughter, Ella Häkkinen, will also…
Oscar Piastri opened up about his disastrous F1 Baku GP weekend, calling it the “worst weekend I’ve ever had in racing.” The McLaren driver suffered multiple crashes and unforced errors in Azerbaijan back in mid-September. Speaking recently on a F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, Piastri revealed that Monza’s team orders from the previous race weekend…
In a major move that underscores the sport’s growing commitment to female drivers, F1 Academy and Formula 1 have confirmed a groundbreaking, multi-year partnership. Under this agreement, all 10 current Formula 1 teams will sponsor one driver each in the all-female racing series, further strengthening F1’s efforts to foster female talent in motorsport. A new…
Toto Wolff is reportedly in advanced discussions to sell a small part of his 33 per cent shareholding in the Mercedes F1 team to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz. Prominent business publication Sportico first announced that the deal values Mercedes at $6 billion, a new record for an F1 team. Upon completion of the agreement, this…
