New team principal Andrea Stella and McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown admitted that 2022-23 winter development targets had been missed when the MCL60 challenger was launched. The car duly failed to score a point across the opening two weekends but, led by a three-stage major update package, emerged as the most credible and consistent challenger […]
The Briton’s previous deal with McLaren, signed back in 2022, ran out at the end of 2025 and he would have been an obvious long-term target for teams like Red Bull and Audi. But in an effort to pre-empt any attempts from rivals to lure him away, McLaren has moved to get Norris committed […]
The Briton has just announced a new deal that will keep him at McLaren beyond the 2026 season, although the exact length of his contract has not been revealed. The early move to extend his contract, which originally ran until the end of 2025, came amid what was understood to be serious interest from several […]
The twin confirmations of extended deals for Charles Leclerc at Ferrari and Lando Norris at McLaren may not be much of a surprise, and are perhaps less exciting than if either driver was moving elsewhere. Nevertheless, they are also important statements by both the teams and the drivers, who are making very public displays of […]
The American-fronted outfit, which finished bottom of the constructors’ championship last season, has revealed on social media that the VF-24 will break cover on 2 February – though Autosport understands this will merely the new livery on renders of the VF-24. In previous seasons, Haas has tended to go earlier than its rivals by releasing […]
With F1 set to embark on its third year of the current rules set, there is growing anticipation of a major convergence of designs as Red Bull’s rivals try to stop the team from grabbing a third consecutive title double. With all teams having evolved last year to the downwash sidepod concept that Red Bull […]
Allison came back to the technical director role last year as part of a job swap with Mike Elliott undertaken to help Mercedes get back to the front of F1. Although the German manufacturer was unable to stop world champion Red Bull roaring to another title double as it won all but one grand prix last […]
There is no silver bullet answer and, instead, much of the brilliance that made the RB18 and RB19 cars so dominant lay in how all its ideas worked together as a complete package. Trying to get to the bottom of that would require tapping into the brain power of some of its key architects – […]
With his trademark smile and practical jokes, Ricciardo is undoubtedly one of the most popular drivers on the F1 grid. But losing his seat following the early termination of his contract at McLaren in 2022 led him on a path of self-reflection that changed the man underneath the helmet and made him fall in love with F1 again. One […]
F1 announced this week (23 January) that Madrid will host the Spanish GP from 2026, but why is the move happening and has the series visited Spain’s capital before? These are all questions that have been raised since the news, plus many more like what is the circuit like, and does it mean the future of Barcelona – […]