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…
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…
Oscar Piastri secured fourth place at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, crossing the line 24 seconds behind race winner Kimi Antonelli. The McLaren driver ended the race as the team’s sole finisher after Lando Norris retired with a power issue on Lap 43. Speaking after the race, Piastri reflected on a weekend that mixed good…
McLaren endured a challenging Friday at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP. Both Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have admitted that the team has work to do if it is to fight at the front of the field this weekend. Despite bringing a number of upgrades to Monaco, McLaren found itself off the pace during both…
Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, and Andrea Stella have shared their thoughts on how they expect McLaren to perform at the 2026 Monaco GP, why they believe Ferrari would have the edge over the rest of the field, and whether the new F1 cars would produce better racing in Monte Carlo this year. Although a botched…
Despite showing promising pace across much of the F1 Canadian Grand Prix (GP) weekend, McLaren’s Team Principal Andrea Stella admitted the team left Montreal with questions surrounding the true competitiveness of its latest upgrade package after struggling heavily with tyre temperatures during Sunday’s race. McLaren arrived at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with a revised package for…
McLaren trio Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Andrea Stella agree the tyre strategy was eventually a wrong call in F1 Canadian GP, but at that moment, it felt right. The gamble from McLaren to start the 2026 F1 Canadian GP on the intermediate tyre fell flat, the moment they went around the formation lap. When…
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri regarded his Qualifying outcome for the upcoming 2026 F1 Canadian GP as rather positive, while also acknowledging the fact that a wet race would be much more challenging to compete in with the new generation of cars. The Australian driver performed better in the initial Qualifying segment, with more time to…
