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RacingNews365·16h ago

McLaren point to 'high priority' focus after Lando Norris concern

Lando Norris endured a highly challenging Azerbaijan Grand Prix last weekend, which ended in a retirement.

Crash.net·21h ago

McLaren set to hit major $1 billion F1 financial landmark

McLaren is set to generate an annual revenue of $1 billion

motorsport.com·1d ago

McLaren Racing reportedly set for historic $1billion revenue milestone

McLaren Racing is projected to become the first Formula 1 team to surpass $1billion in annual revenue, according to a report by Sky News. The report states that McLaren Racing Ltd's accounts for the 2025 calendar year will be filed this week. Sources indicate the Woking outfit will declare revenue of £588million ($779.6million). While the figures include McLaren's IndyCar operations, F1 ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·1d ago

Why Mercedes thought Max Verstappen was "on some sort of massive bungee cord" in Azerbaijan GP

For the first half of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, George Russell was able to build a gap beyond 10 seconds to the chasing pack, as the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar struggled to pass Oscar Piastri's McLaren. That picture altered abruptly when the safety car was deployed after Alex Albon's Williams became embedded in the wall at Turn 5 on lap 31. Russell's margin vanished as the ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·1d ago

F1 pundit slams Franco Colapinto's "outrageous" Baku crash but rejects Lando Norris's race ban call

Former McLaren mechanic and Formula 1 pundit Marc Priestley has branded Franco Colapinto's Turn 1 collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix "outrageous", but dismissed Lando Norris's demand for the Alpine driver to face a race ban. Colapinto went for a move down the inside into Turn 1 during a safety car restart in Baku, but locked up and collided with his Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly, who in ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·1d ago

Flavio Briatore apologises to Lando Norris after Azerbaijan GP crash

Alpine's Flavio Briatore has publicly apologised to Lando Norris and McLaren following the collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that brought the 2025 Formula 1 champion's race to an end. The clash happened during a safety car restart in Baku when Franco Colapinto locked up on cold tyres into Turn 1 and collided with his Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly. The impact pushed the Frenchman into the ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·1d ago

Lando Norris apologises to Franco Colapinto over F1 race ban comments

Reigning world champion Lando Norris has apologised to Franco Colapinto for demanding a race ban for the Alpine driver after the collision at Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Colapinto caused a pile-up at the lap 36 restart by locking up into Turn 1 of the slippery Baku street circuit, which eliminated himself, team-mate Pierre Gasly and McLaren’s Norris. Norris was left furious by the ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·1d ago

Why McLaren was so much slower than Mercedes on Baku's straights

For all the talk of rivals catching Mercedes, which has held fire on its more significant upgrades until next weekend's Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, the Brackley team has been able to weather the storm by excelling on some of the most power sensitive circuits like Monza and Baku, vindicating its patience. But while Mercedes' dominant power unit package helps explain its gap to ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·2d ago

Oscar Piastri: Error that cost me F1 Azerbaijan GP podium was "a bit weird"

McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri has labelled his late-race Azerbaijan Grand Prix mistake as “a bit weird”, after losing the podium in Baku. Piastri was running third following the second safety-car restart and came under pressure from Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar after being overtaken by Max Verstappen at the first restart. Attempting to defend on the inside in Turn 1, the Australian ...Keep reading

RacingNews365·2d ago

Oscar Piastri reveals 'pretty painful' misery after Baku 'surprise'

A wretched weekend for McLaren as a strange lock-up from Oscar Piastri compounded Lando Norris' early exit.

motorsport.com·2d ago

Charles Leclerc: “McLaren and Red Bull did a step forward that we didn’t do”

Red Bull now has a clear advantage over Ferrari in terms of chassis performance, with McLaren having also markedly improved, Charles Leclerc believes following the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Both teams brought significant upgrade packages to Baku, focusing on the sidepods, floor and diffuser – McLaren’s also included a revised engine cover, rear suspension and rear wing while Red ...Keep reading

motorsport.com·2d ago

Race ban talk "too harsh" on Franco Colapinto, George Russell and Max Verstappen say

Mercedes driver George Russell feels a Formula 1 race ban would have been "too harsh" on Franco Colapinto after the Argentinian took out Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly and McLaren's Lando Norris in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. On a lap 36 restart, Colapinto made an error on the dusty inside approach to Turn 1 of the Baku street circuit, locking up his front tyres and slamming into the side of ...Keep reading