Lando Norris left Oscar Piastri shocked in a recent McLaren YouTube video, after revealing a bizarre fact about himself. Norris revealed to Piastri that he only eats green bananas, rather than when they are fully ripe and yellow. The shocking revelation stunned Piastri, with Norris admitting that when a banana is completely yellow it’s “too
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has admitted that Lando Norris’ criticism of the MCL60 is “motivating” rather than disappointing, with it playing a part in the team’s development. Whilst McLaren’s fortunes have changed drastically since the Austrian Grand Prix, Norris and continued to complain about the car. Based on the start of the season which the
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Gerry Convy, a former trainer at McLaren, has openly criticised Fernando Alonso for his conduct during the challenging 2007 season, labelling it a prime example of “how not to be a team player.” Alonso, the reigning World Champion at the time, made the high-profile move from Renault to McLaren, only to face fierce competition from
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Zak Brown, the CEO of McLaren Racing, has ventured an intriguing assertion, suggesting that if Sergio Perez were at the helm of both Red Bull cars this season, the Formula 1 championship would unfold as a ‘wide open’ battleground. As Max Verstappen continues to triumph with 10 wins out of 12 races this season, Brown
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Former F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen has candidly admitted that the current crop of F1 drivers outshine his own capabilities at the zenith of his racing career. Having clinched the championship title twice with McLaren in 1998 and 1999, Hakkinen’s acknowledgment comes as a testament to the remarkable evolution in the sport since his prime
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has rejected claims made by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, after the Austrian insisted that their customer team had found a second per lap following a recent upgrade. Up until the Austrian Grand Prix, McLaren had been having a woeful season, mostly due to an uncompetitive package. However, since the Woking-based
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In a candid reflection, McLaren driver Lando Norris openly admitted that the team’s performance over the past few seasons has fallen short of expectations, characterising them as “pretty poor.” Despite a third-place finish in the Constructors’ Championship during Norris’ second year with McLaren in 2020, the team faced a setback, sliding to fifth place in
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Rookie Oscar Piastri has admitted that he never thought that he’d be fighting for podiums in his maiden Formula 1 season, yet that’s exactly the position he currently finds himself in. The last four races have seen Piastri come to life, as a result of a large upgrades package McLaren introduced at the Austrian Grand
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McLaren have jumped to the defence of sponsor Velo, after three big health organisations in the Netherlands filed a complaint against the team ahead of next weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix. Velo is a product of the British American Tobacco, who the Woking-based team have been in partnership with for five seasons. Velo, is the company’s
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Lando Norris has joked that he was the “first” driver on the Formula 1 grid to rock a bucket hat, in the latest instalment of F1’s ‘Grill the Grid’ YouTube series. The series sees drivers complete a series of challenges typically based on other drivers, with the latest episode having been no different. The most
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