McLaren and Renault Could Protest Racing Point’s ‘Pink Mercedes’
Racing Point arrived at pre-season testing for the 2020 Formula One Championship with an altogether familiar car. Featuring an extremely similar nose, airbox, front wing and rear wing as last year’s title-winning challenger, the RP20 has already been dubbed the “pink Mercedes.” Certainly, Racing Point is making no secret about it. Technical director Andy Green […]
McLaren Unveils Extreme 2050 Grand Prix Concept
McLaren has unveiled a new car concept called the MCLExtreme, a 310-mph electric car that shows how grand prix racing could look in 2050. Similar concepts appear from time to time, such as the Red Bull X2010 and McLaren MP4-X, but none quite as radical and innovative as the MCLExtreme. Developed by McLaren Applied Technologies, […]
Red Bull Approach to Honda ‘Opposite’ of McLaren
Red Bull Racing says it has been “really encouraged” by the recent progress of Honda, its 2019 Formula One engine partner, and that it will adopt a different approach to its relationship with the Japanese manufacturer compared to McLaren, Honda’s previous partner. “We have done the diverse opposite to McLaren,” said Red Bull Team Principal […]
McLaren’s Amazon Documentary Has Aged Extremely Poorly
At the start of the year, Amazon Prime launched a well-produced Formula One documentary called GRAND PRIX Driver, which followed the McLaren Racing team during the off season and pre-season tests of 2017. As an F1 fan, I eagerly and quickly watched the entirety of the disappointingly short series — four episodes in total. But […]
Carlos Sainz Signs with McLaren for 2019
Carlos Sainz Jr just can’t seem to stay in place. He was driving for Toro Rosso in 2017, moved to Renault at the end of that season, and will now head to McLaren for 2019 following the retirement announcement of fellow countryman Fernando Alonso. Sainz is currently 23 years old and will be already be […]
2018 Canadian GP: Vettel Wins Comfortably as McLaren Disappoints
Historically, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve rarely fails to produce an exciting Canadian Grand Prix, but unfortunately the exception was in full effect this time around. As so frequently seems to be the case, the Formula One race opened with a massive crash on the first lap, which promptly ushered in the safety car. After that, […]
Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 6 (More Issues For McLaren)
Six of the eight Formula One pre-season testing days have elapsed and despite the brand new engine under the hood, McLaren remains at the bottom of the mileage sheet, having completed fewer laps than any other team: 355 laps or 1,027 miles in total, while Mercedes is on the cusp of breaking the 2,000 mile […]
F1 Driver Brendon Hartley Thinks McLaren Made a Mistake Leaving Honda
Brendon Hartley, WEC champion and Scuderia Toro Rosso’s new driver since the tail end of the 2017 Formula One season, thinks the McLaren team made a mistake in leaving Honda power for 2018. “I think they’ve made a mistake,” Hartley told Marca, a Spanish sports newspaper, on Monday. “The engine is very drivable, and I […]
McLaren Launches Very Orange 2018 F1 Car
Team colors and car liveries tend not to change very much year after year. It’s reasonable to guess that the next Ferrari Formula One car will be red, the next Mercedes will be grey, the next Renault will be yellow, and the next Williams will be white. But what about the next McLaren? When Bruce […]
McLaren Racing Open to Returning to Honda in the Future
McLaren executive director Zak Brown says the Formula One team would be open to working with Honda again in the future should the opportunity arise, despite the poor results they had together throughout the last three years. Honda made a long-awaited return to the sport in 2015 but for various reasons had a lot of […]
‘No Regrets’ Over Honda Partnership, Says McLaren
The 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked the last race McLaren and Honda would complete together after a difficult three-year partnership. Because of the unstoppable force that McLaren Honda had been in the 80s and 90s, the announcement that they would be reunited starting in 2015 had been met with excitement and high expectations. But […]
McLaren Racing Director Says Strategy of Stockpiling Honda Engines Paid Off
Eric Boullier, racing director of the McLaren Honda Formula One team, says that its late-season strategy of stockpiling engines has so far paid off. The team determined the last two tracks of the season would be suitable to its overall package and thus present good opportunities to score valuable points. To add fresh power unit […]
Alonso to Stay at McLaren for 2018 Formula One Season
McLaren Racing has announced that Fernando Alonso will continue to race with them for an additional year, putting an end to the many speculations about the Spaniard’s future not just at McLaren but in Formula One as a whole. “It’s fantastic to be able to continue my relationship with everybody at McLaren,” Alonso said. “It […]
Honda Success Would Make McLaren Look ‘Silly,’ Zak Brown Admits
McLaren boss Zak Brown has admitted that the Formula One team would look “silly” if Honda took a big step forward in 2018. McLaren will be splitting up with Honda at the end of the 2017 season after a difficult three-year partnership. Honda will instead power Toro Rosso and McLaren will go to Renault for […]
Honda Planning One More Big Upgrade for McLaren
Instead of focusing on several small improvements for McLaren, Honda will change its engine development strategy for the remainder of the 2017 Formula One season to involve just one big upgrade with only six races to go. Honda’s development plan had been aggressive so far this year in its attempts to mend the relationship with […]
Honda: McLaren Found it Hard to Adapt to Change
The news recently came out that McLaren and Honda would split ways at the end of the 2017 Formula One season and already the agreement is beginning to sound like a bad breakup. McLaren has had plenty to say about Honda throughout the last three years and now Honda is saying it is optimistically looking […]
McLaren and Toro Rosso to Swap Engine Suppliers for 2018
It looks like the speculations about the future of McLaren, Honda, and Alonso in Formula One are finally over in what is turning out to be a stunning reveal for what the 2018 season may look like—and one that is unlikely to spell success for at least two of the aforementioned parties. After experiencing one […]
McLaren Will Keep Its Head Down and Try Again—No Engine Supplier Change
May 6 was the deadline by which Formula One teams were to notify the FIA of any engine supplier change for the 2018 season. Around that time it was confirmed that Sauber would switch from Ferrari engines to Honda engines, but more importantly there were rumors around the F1 paddock that McLaren could no longer […]