Franz Tost has conceded he was in favour of replacing Pierre Gasly with Mick Schumacher, before Red Bull intervened and signed Nyck de Vries instead. De Vries has since lost his place at AlphaTauri to Daniel Ricciardo, after a disappointing half-season with Red Bull’s junior outfit. Tost admits that he wanted to sign Mick –
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes that the team’s drastic improvements will convince its star driver, Lando Norris, to “stick around.” Norris has now achieved back-to-back second place finishes at the British and Hungarian Grand Prixs. At Silverstone, he kept pace with Max Verstappen for most of the race and ended up finishing only +3.798s behind
MoreMcLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown is hopeful that Lando Norris will “stick” with McLaren beyond his current contract, which is set to expire at the end of 2025. Norris signed a long-term lucrative deal with the Woking-based team at the start of last season, despite having reportedly spoken to the likes of Red Bull before
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McLaren were accused of making an “unfair” decision on Sunday during the Hungarian Grand Prix, after the Woking-based team favoured Lando Norris over Oscar Piastri. The McLaren drivers started the race at the Hungaroring in third and fourth respectively; however, it was Piastri who made the better getaway. Piastri remarkably overtook Norris and Lewis Hamilton
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Lando Norris has hinted at the possibility of seeking a move away from McLaren if the team’s performance fails to improve in the coming years. The 23-year-old driver, who has been linked to Mercedes and Red Bull, expressed his desire to compete for a world championship and acknowledged that he doesn’t want to spend another
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has joked that the first thing they did to help keep them under the cost cap was slash their catering budget; a tongue-in-cheek reference to Red Bull partially blaming catering expenses for their 2021 overspend. The Milton Keynes-based outfit faced a $7 million fine and a 10% reduction in wind
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McLaren faced a £1,000 fine after a rare incident occurred during the final practice session of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The mishap involved a mechanic retrieving a fan from the rear of Lando Norris’ MCL60 just after the session had commenced. As Norris made his way to the end of the pit lane
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Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, had a light-hearted response to Red Bull’s adoption of one-off liveries, joking that it was nice to see them copying McLaren in at least one aspect. McLaren has gained a reputation in recent years for their willingness to change the appearance of their cars to commemorate special occasions or
MoreMcLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has emphasised the need for Formula 1 to learn from the track limits controversy that unfolded at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend and ensure it does not happen again. Several drivers received penalties during the race for exceeding the white lines, but Aston Martin lodged a protest after the
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Lando Norris revealed that he pestered Zak Brown, McLaren Racing’s CEO, to include chrome in the team’s F1 livery. Norris says that he admired this design feature from a young age. On Monday, McLaren unveiled a specialised one-off livery that will run at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this Sunday. It will be featured
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