SINGAPORE: McLaren’s Lando Norris dominated the Singapore Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday (Sep 22) to take another chunk out of Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 championship lead. The 24-year-old Briton roared away from pole position at the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit and led every lap to the chequered flag. Verstappen finished second … Read more
Lando Norris has candidly admitted he has “not performed at the level of a world champion” thus far in the 2024 Formula 1 season. The current campaign has been one of major breakthroughs for McLaren. It continued its upward trajectory from last year with its latest major upgrade package in May, which allowed it to … Read more
New Delhi: Sales of super luxury cars are set to surpass previous peaks for the third straight year in India, even as mainstream auto makers are struggling to clear their piled-up inventory by offering massive discounts. A Lamborghini booked now will be delivered only in 2026 or later, as the supercar maker has sold all … Read more
Norris should follow Piastri’s example and be easier on himself – Jake Boxall-Legge Across the most recent eight rounds of this year’s championship, Piastri has added 126 points to his name, while Norris trails slightly having accrued 116. You can argue the toss over who deserved the Hungary win; Piastri’s opening stints were stronger, but … Read more
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has criticised Red Bull and its Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner for “encouraging” Max Verstappen to continue driving in an aggressive manner. Amid the fallout of the collision between Verstappen and Lando Norris at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Brown said that there are aspects that the FIA can improve … Read more
In 2023, McLaren Racing introduced the 60 Scholars Initiative, a programme designed to support young women in STEM and business, aiming to help them enter the competitive and historically male-dominated field of motorsport. Following its initial success, the programme is back for its second year, set to take place throughout July and August 2024. Programme … Read more
Screenshot: Mad Mike Everyone’s favorite Antipodean rotary head, Mad Mike Whiddett, is constantly trying to find new and exciting cars to rotary swap and burn tires with. The guy has made dozens of Mazda Doriftos, and after a long time sticking with chassis from the same manufacturer, he’s started branching out to more exotic hardware. … Read more
McLaren elected to bring a hefty revamp to its MCL38 for this weekend’s Miami race, which featured an overhaul of a number of aerodynamic surfaces aimed at helping lift the overall downforce of the car. But despite some promising flashes of speed throughout the weekend, McLaren has struggled to show its true potential and deliver … Read more
Verstappen will start ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and McLaren’s Lando Norris after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Japanese Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from Perez Read Also: What happened in Japanese … Read more
The American joined the Woking outfit in 2016, initially as the executive director of the McLaren Technology Group before moving into his current position as the CEO in the middle of 2018. Under his leadership, McLaren has massively expanded its racing activities to add an IndyCar programme plus a Formula E and Extreme E operation … Read more
