McLaren launched their 2026 challenger, the MCL40, with a livestream event from Bahrain, during which McLaren team principal Andrea Stella and CEO Zak Brown weighed in on the new era of F1. The Italian discussed his excitement for the new regulations. All teams face a huge task due to the scale of them. “I look…
McLaren, the reigning F1 Constructors’ World Champions two years in a row, launch their much anticipated 2026 livery on the MCL40. The Woking-based team have risen to success in the last 2 years, winning the 2024 and 2025 Constructors Championships along with their British driver Lando Norris winning the F1 World Drivers’ Championship last season….
Oscar Piastri has addressed concerns that F1’s evolving technical regulations for 2026 could change the nature of driving in the sport with some fearing that traditional driver qualities such as bravery and instinct could be replaced by system management and multitasking. As Formula One prepares for new regulatory changes that place increased emphasis on energy…
Oscar Piastri heads into the 2026 F1 season with clarity and unfinished business. Speaking to F1TV after a highly competitive 2025 campaign, the McLaren driver reflected on what worked, what did not, and how both he and the team can raise their level moving forward. Reflecting on 2025 and refining the approach While much of…
Oscar Piastri reflected on his first day on track at the 2026 F1 Barcelona shakedown. The Australian’s first day of running did not go completely smoothly, as Piastri admits a fuel system issue cut the day short. Still, the McLaren driver remains excited to go again tomorrow and to work hard to ensure everything goes…
While McLaren have unveiled the renders of the MCL40 in a testing livery, Red Bull have published the first images of their real 2026 F1 car ahead of the behind-closed-doors Barcelona shakedown. As F1 undergoes a major regulations reset in 2026, ten teams, apart from Williams, are utilising a shakedown event prior to the two…
Ahead of the closed-door, private F1 testing event held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya later this month, McLaren boss Andrea Stella revealed they will opt out of the first day of testing to spend more time on the development of their latest contender — the MCL40. The private test session begins on the 26th of January…
Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings finds McLaren driver Oscar Piastri 4th following his first season challenging for the WDC. The Australian driver showed significant improvements this season, particularly in his qualifying pace. However, Piastri’s mid-season slump ultimately cost him the title to teammate Lando Norris. Home race woes Piastri’s season started dubiously in Australia….
Andrea Stella’s career in Formula 1 stretched across F1 champions, dynasties, and high-pressure rebuilds from Ferrari to McLaren. He moved through some of the sport’s most demanding environments and adapted each time. But McLaren’s rise over the last three years tested him differently. It demanded more than sharp engineering calls. It required leadership, clarity, and…
With the 2026 season already on the horizon, the driver numbers have been confirmed for what is undoubtedly going to be another exciting campaign of F1 action as all-new technical regulations come into effect and an additional team joins the grid. Now that the sport has crowned a new drivers’ champion for the first time…
