The 2026 F1 season begins this weekend in Melbourne, Australia and ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, Rob Marshall, McLaren’s Chief Designer, spoke about how complex the new regulations are. “As we head to Melbourne for the first race weekend of the 2026 season, following nine days of running across the Barcelona Shakedown and Pre-Season…
In a team preview ahead of Melbourne, Andrea Stella has given an update on McLaren’s preparation for the 2026 F1 season. He outlined the work done during testing. The Italian also explained the team’s focus heading into the first race of the year. McLaren go into the season with a target on their back. They…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella believes that Formula 1 still presents the ultimate challenge for F1 drivers, regardless of the new regulations. Stella said, “I think what we have seen in Bahrain definitely confirms that it is the ultimate challenge.” Stella sees the 2026 F1 season being harder on drivers The 2026 F1 season features…
McLaren Racing announced on Thursday that Etihad will become an official partner from the 2026 season onwards. This multi-year agreement covers not only the McLaren Mastercard F1 Team but also the McLaren United Autosports WEC Hypercar Team. The national airline of the UAE will support McLaren operationally as they compete across multiple motorsport categories worldwide….
As the first F1 race of the season approaches, Oscar Piastri warns that energy management will define the 2026 hierarchy based on Bahrain Testing. The McLaren driver spent his week analysing the radical shift in power delivery and recovery. The data collected during the final day of the Bahrain Testing highlights a massive contrast between…
Oscar Piastri and McLaren have successfully completed the first round of F1 2026 Bahrain testing. Piastri did the second most laps, putting in 215 laps over three sessions. Speaking to F1.com after 2026 Bahrain testing, he was satisfied with how things went. “The biggest positive from the test has just been how smoothly it’s gone…
F1 could be heading for a “recipe for disaster” if it doesn’t make any changes around the race start procedures in 2026 – that’s the view from McLaren driver Oscar Piastri after the first Bahrain testing session, as he believes the all-new power units for the season are too complicated to get up and running…
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…
