Going into the 2023 season, McLaren will be looking to build on their impressive end to 2022, where Lando Norris secured his status as the best of the rest driver on the grid. The MCL60 was revealed to the world on Monday afternoon, with fans getting a good look at McLaren’s 2023 challenger, which the
MoreMcLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes rookie driver Oscar Piastri has “enough talent” to learn from the “references” laid out by team-mate Lando Norris, to get an understanding of the team’s 2023 challenger. Norris will certainly be the Woking-based team’s number one driver for at least the start of the upcoming season, with Piastri’s initial
More1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill has predicted that Mercedes will face more of an “uphill struggle” in 2023 than Ferrari, with the Silver Arrows having “misunderstood” their 2022 challenger. 2022 was woeful for Mercedes, with the Germans having had a car which was mostly unable to challenge either Red Bull or Ferrari, at
MoreNew McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has revealed that he’s heard that Ferrari are “very happy” with their F1-75 successor, with the Italian expecting a “competitive start” from the Scuderia. It has been reported that Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will have an additional 30hp at their disposal as well in 2023, with the team
MoreNew McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has tipped Ferrari to have a “competitive start” to 2023, with the Italian having heard that the Maranello-based team are “very happy” with their new challenger. 2022 was a mixed season for Ferrari, with the side having been hailed as the early title favourites, after Charles Leclerc won two of the
More‘Silly season’ is usually associated with the manic and unpredictable driver moves during the summer break, however it seems that team principals are starting their own edition over the winter. Mattia Binotto’s resignation saw Ferrari replace him with Alfa Romeo’s Fred Vasseur, but just as the dust was beginning to settle on the Binotto saga,
MoreMcLaren’s new team principal Andrea Stella has been issued his orders by McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, with the American wanting the team’s former executive director to hold “total responsibility for the performance” of the Woking-based outfit. Stella’s end-of-year promotion was not expected, with Mattia Binotto’s resignation from Ferrari having caused a chain reaction of events. Shortly after it
MoreFormula 1 has been perhaps more chaotic than ever before off-circuit in 2022, with the action continuing to take place even during the winter break. This year has seen one of the craziest driver silly seasons in recent memory, with a whole heap of changes having taken place. The 2022 edition of silly season was kickstarted by
MoreFormula 1 bosses appear to be playing a bizarre game of musical chairs this week, as McLaren, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Williams have all seen a change in their top boss. Andreas Seidl announced out of the blue that he has chosen to move to Sauber earlier this week, not to replace the Ferrari bound
MoreAfter a long and drawn-out legal battle with Alpine, it was deemed that Oscar Piastri was under no obligation to race for the French team in 2023, despite their announcement of the Australian as Esteban Ocon’s 2023 partner. Piastri will instead now race for McLaren, after the team decided to replace the underperforming Daniel Ricciardo
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