2022 was a mixed season for McLaren, with the Woking-based side having been dragged into a season-long fight with Alpine for fourth in the Constructors’ Championship. Despite Lando Norris’ best efforts, the British side fell short of P4 and had to settle for fifth place, a place lower than they managed in 2021. The new
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The last two years have been an emotional rollercoaster for Daniel Ricciardo, as the fan favourite has struggled relentlessly to extract any real performance out of his McLaren, excluding one magnificent day at Monza. Winning the 2021 Italian Grand Prix was easily Ricciardo’s defining moment at the Woking-based team, as he showed the world that
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Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin have been praised by the Standard Ethics group, who have asked the remaining F1 teams to become more transparent and to improve their governance, in order to make for a more sustainable future for the pinnacle of motorsport. The research group analysed all the teams’ operations to determine their ESG, something which is made up
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‘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,
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With the financial effects of the COVID pandemic having a major effect on Formula 1 teams going into the 2021 season, Haas decided to focus their attention on planning for the major regulation changes in 2022. The American team barely developed their car in favour of using resources on planning for the following season and
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The new regulations that were brought into effect at the start of 2022 were supposed to bring the field closer together and make the sport more competitive, however these effects are yet to be seen following the first season of this new era. The only driver to score a podium that did not race for
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Lando Norris has been one of the shining lights in Formula 1 ever since McLaren recruited him as a rookie in 2019. The Brit was the only driver outside of the top three times to score a podium last season and finished as the best of the rest driver in the championship, beating both Alpine
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown isn’t “worried” yet about potentially losing star driver Lando Norris, who is reportedly on Audi’s radar for 2026. A move to Audi in 2026 would see the British driver follow former McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl, who was announced last week as the new CEO of the Sauber Group, who
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Former McLaren team principal and new CEO of the Sauber Group Andreas Seidl has opened up on how challenging it was to terminate Daniel Ricciardo’s contract, with the German labelling it as “one of the toughest moments” in his motorsport career. Ricciardo’s two-year spell with the Woking-based side was largely a disappointing one, with the only real
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The future looks bright for McLaren, as the team expect a brand new state-of-the-art wind tunnel facility to be operational next year in their bid to create a car capable of challenging for titles once again. Alongside their new technology, the team from Woking possess the services of one of the most sought-after drivers in
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