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Lando Norris says that he is disappointed with the teams form this season but is committed to the long term project. McLaren look a shadow of the team that was battling for podiums in 2021. The highlight that year came in Italy when Daniel Ricciardo brought a 1-2 home for the team. Many expected another…
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McLaren may be down in the dumps after a shaky start to the 2023 season. However things are looking up for driver, Lando Norris. In the virtual world, anyway. A new study by online gaming platform, Solitaire showed that the Brit racked up 22 million views across his 51 streamed games. This means he overtakes…
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Alan Jones has made comments on Daniel Ricciardo’s career prospects. The Formula One World Champion and fellow Aussie to Daniel Ricciardo claims that he has “spent a bit too much time for his activities out of the cockpit rather than in it.” Daniel Ricciardo’s departure from McLaren Ricciardos’ exit from Formula one was sudden, as…
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McLaren have today parted ways with Technical Director James Key, after announcing a number of organisational changes. The team has announced this is a strategic move in the hope to build stronger foundations along with a more innovative Formula 1 team, with the reorganisation being months in the making and coming into play in phases…
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Sky Sports F1 have announced a new addition to the team this year in the form of former F1 strategy head Bernie Collins. Bernie has been in and around the F1 pitlane for many years, having worked as a performance engineer at Mclaren , and most recently as head of strategy at Aston Martin. She…
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Nick Chester will join the Andretti team as technical director for its Formula 1 dream, he is expected to start his tenure this month. Chester succeeded James Allison as technical director of the Renault F1 team in 2013, transitioning with the team from Lotus to Renault and remaining with the team until 2020. He departed…
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Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher will also be available to stand in at McLaren the British team has announced The German, who has found himself without a full time race seat for 2023 was signed by Mercedes as a reserve driver after two difficult years at Haas who signed Nico Hulkenburg to partner Kevin Magnussen…
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Son of F1 and Motorsport Icon Juan Pablo Montoya, joins the ranks as a Red Bull young driver Formula 1 has a history of sons following in their fathers footsteps. You only have to look as far as the most recent world champion to see an ex Formula 1 driving father in paddock. It looks…
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Formula E returns in 2023 with a record 16 races, spanning 10 different countries. The championship will return to fan-favourite circuits and welcomes brand new tracks to the calendar for the introduction of Gen3. Teams and drivers, both new and old, will be looking to impress in Season 9 from the outset. With a new…
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Former F1 driver and F1 commentator Martin Brundle has spoken out in light of McLaren’s Team Principle Andreas Seidl leaving the team, voicing his concern for their future going forward. McLaren announced earlier in the week that Seidl had departed the team for a new role as Chief Executive Officer of Sauber Group, ahead of…
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From the start of 2023, Arrow McLaren SP will change its name to Arrow McLaren. While that may seem like a simple rebranding, it marks the end of what has been a truly immense era for Sam Schmidt who set up Sam Schmidt Motorsport just over a year after an Indy Racing League crash that…
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Andreas Seidl joins Sauber as CEO. Andrew Benson, BBC Chief F1 writer, tweeted this morning with the news that Andreas Seidl looks to be heading out of McLaren and over to Sauber. Seidl will replace the departing Vassuer who will head to Marinello to take on the Team Principal role for Ferrari. Sauber has confirmed…
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McLaren had a good enough season but it was a slip from their performance in 2021 where they scored many podiums and won at Monza. This season saw no wins plus only one podium coupled with the issues Daniel Ricciardo faced throughout the campaign. Team boss Andreas Seidl takes up the story Team season: “The…
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After a long period of speculation around the paddock it has finally been confirmed that Daniel Ricciardo will be in a reserve role on the grid next year for non other than the team he left 4 years ago, the Oracle Red Bull racing team. When Danny was displaced at the McLaren team this year…
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Kevin Magnussen takes his first career pole and Haas’ first pole on the rainy Brazilian circuit.
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McLaren announced earlier today that Alex Palou and Pato O’ward will take to the wheel of the MCL36 in an FP1 session each this year. McLaren along with Alpine were still to announce who would drive in their two mandatory FP1 sessions this year. Due to the new rule introduced this season that a rookie…
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Daniel Ricciardo, 33 announced his departure from the McLaren team earlier this season, being replaced by fellow Australian Oscar Piastri, leaving him without a seat on the 2023 grid. Phillip Horton has tweeted that Daniel Ricciardo is now looking at options for the 2024 season. With many speculations over the last couple of months surrounding…
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Mclaren has released images of their striking new livery they will run at the Singapore and Japanese Grand Prix. In partnership with OKX, MClaren will run a revised livery, complete with neon pink highlights and a new font for Norris and Ricciardo’s numbers. The pink highlights are accompanied by an artistic impression of the internals…
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The silly season in F1 is something that fans always look forward to, and 2023 is no exception to this. In fact there are still quite a few seats up for grabs, with some very interesting rumours circulating the Formula 1 paddock. First up is the CONFIRMED team lineups for 2023. ORACLE RED BULL RACING…
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MCLAREN HAS ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF OSCAR PIASTRI FOLLOWING CRB RULING The signing draws a line under a remarkable situation, where Alpine lost two drivers, a team principle accusing their own driver of lacking integrity and another team spending a lot of money to ask a driver NOT to drive for them. The Contract Regonition…