Improving qualifying form my big focus for F1 2025
Oscar Piastri has revealed improving in qualifying is his main point of focus for the 2025 Formula 1 season after comparing unfavourably to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. Piastri was outqualified 21-3 by Norris in 2024, albeit often by small margins, with Norris also getting the better of the Australian in sprint qualifying this year. That […]
How McLaren’s rear wing push changed the game in F1
McLaren surpassed even its own pre-season expectations in 2024, taking its first Formula 1 constructors’ championship title for 26 years. Whilst the team clearly had a couple of major waypoints in its development cycle that improved the general operating envelope of the MCL38, a standout feature of its campaign was how it honed its car […]
Why McLaren thinks it can overcome its 2025 wind tunnel deficit
McLaren believes that the reduction in wind tunnel time that it faces as a result of winning the Formula 1 constructors’ championship will not be as big a handicap as some think. The Woking-based outfit’s triumph in last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix helped to secure its first teams’ title since 1998, handing the team […]
The unspoken major factor behind McLaren’s F1 title win
“Wow” – was initially all McLaren team boss Andrea Stella could muster when Autosport raised the subject of his squad’s bulletproof reliability in Formula 1 2024 ahead of the Abu Dhabi finale. A discipline as scientific as motorsport does not really leave room for superstition, but the timing of our discussion was complex and so […]
Autosport Podcast: Abu Dhabi GP review
Ben Hunt and Jonathan Noble close out the 2024 Formula 1 season as they review the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Together, they look back on Lando Norris’ dominant victory and with it, McLaren’s first constructors’ championship since 1998. The pitfalls the team had to face during the race are assessed, including Oscar Piastri being spun […]
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 […]
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, […]
Why Vegas’s Monza and Baku similarities aren’t good news for Ferrari and McLaren in 2024
Based on previous results on similar circuits, Ferrari and McLaren are the pre-race favourites as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas, but two key factors could yet trip them up. This is also notwithstanding a rather resurgent Red Bull after Max Verstappen’s thumping victory last time out in Brazil, his win in F1’s return to […]
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 […]