McLaren “aware” of team orders headache to bring title home in Abu Dhabi GP
McLaren boss Andrea Stella has faith that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will not be selfish and put their own eagerness to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of the team’s constructors’ championship ambitions. The Woking-based squad stands on the cusp of its first teams’ title since 1998 in the F1 season finale, as […]
Why Hamilton’s Qatar and Norris’s Saudi Arabian false starts were treated differently
Lewis Hamilton was penalised at the Qatar Grand Prix for a false start having moved — and then stopped — before the lights went out to begin the race. The Mercedes driver picked up his first penalty of a trying race when he nudged forward early, though his loss of momentum as he tried to […]
McLaren wants FIA review on penalty stance amid fears of future «consequences»
McLaren believes the FIA should review how penalties are handed out in Formula 1 after warning that Lando Norris’s stop-go sanction in the Qatar GP risks «consequences». While the Woking-based team accepts that Norris did not slow down for the double yellow flags that were brought out for Alex Albon’s stranded mirror on the straight, […]
McLaren insists Norris title was never main goal following Brazil setback
McLaren says that guiding Lando Norris to the drivers’ championship was never ultimately its main target – as it has always been more focused on the constructors’ crown. Norris had a golden opportunity to close down Max Verstappen’s points advantage in the Brazilian Grand Prix after starting on pole position and his rival down in […]
Norris, Russell fined and reprimanded for aborted start chaos in Brazil F1 GP
McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes driver George Russell have been handed a reprimand and a 5,000 euro fine for breaching the FIA’s start procedure at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Sao Paulo’s F1 race received a messy start, with Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll spinning into the gravel on the formation lap at the entry […]
Stella critical of McLaren’s Mexico GP qualifying execution as Norris hits «limit»
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella reckons the team’s execution let it down in Mexico Grand Prix qualifying and felt pole was possible. But Lando Norris, who was quickest in both Q1 and Q2, suggested he had hit the limit of potential in his car. He was unable to hit the ground running at the start of […]
FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s Austin penalty
McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’ Austin penalty rejected by the FIA stewards for last weekend’s Formula 1 race in Austin. McLaren had argued that the stewards made an incorrect statement – and overall call – in handing Norris a penalty in Document 69 (from the FIA timing […]
Norris says Austin was “momentum killer” for F1 title hopes
Lando Norris labelled his United States Grand Prix weekend a «momentum killer» for his Formula 1 title hopes after losing ground to Max Verstappen. The McLaren driver had gone into the Austin event 52 points behind his Red Bull rival and well aware that, with time running out, he needed to start cutting the deficit […]
Why McLaren didn’t tell Norris to give place back to Verstappen
McLaren has explained why it didn’t ask Lando Norris to let Max Verstappen past after their Turn 12 off-track battle in Austin, which led to a penalty for the Briton. In the closing stages of Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix, Norris was hounding Verstappen for third when he finally swooped around the outside on […]