Bruce McLaren

After all, the impact of the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic had hit the McLaren group's automotive and racing operations hard – prompting it to plan for 1,200 redundancies and needing to arrange a £150 million loan off the National Bank of Bahrain.<br>While such measures were not ideal, they did mean at least that once the road car operation started up again and racing got ...

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The Woking-based outfit was at the centre of the driver merry-go-round that was triggered by Ferrari electing not to extend Sebastian Vettel's contract in to next year.<br>Ferrari made a swoop for Carlos Sainz to replace Vettel, while McLaren then signed up Daniel Ricciardo to race alongside Lando Norris. Vettel has just signed a deal to join Aston Martin.<br>With the 2021 deals in place, there ...

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Ricciardo signed for McLaren back in May as part of the raft of driver movements sparked by news of Sebastian Vettel's impending Ferrari exit.<br>It was the second time McLaren tried to sign the Aussie, Brown making no secret that he approached Ricciardo to replace Fernando Alonso for the 2019 season.<br>Ricciardo decided against a McLaren move at the time, opting to sign a two-year deal with ...

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After the pair qualified third and sixth for the Italian GP, they slipped back to 10th and 11th on the grid for the Tuscan GP, with Sainz calling the turnround a "nasty surprise".<br>Norris's preparations were not helped by a crash on Friday, which saw him damage the front of the car and lose valuable track time.<br>"I think this is not going to be the last time where we see these kind of ...

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Perez announced on Wednesday that he would be leaving Racing Point at the end of the season after the team opted to sign outgoing Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel in his place.<br>It has left Perez considering his next move after not previously talking to any other F1 teams about a drive in 2021. Perez said that any F1 offer would have to be “the right package”, and that he would consider a ...

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Carlos Sainz's car was fitted with the new design at Mugello for a brief run at the start of FP1.<br>The nose is very similar to the design pioneered by Mercedes, with a narrow main structure, and narrow under nose pillars. The cape is also positioned higher.<br>The nose change has forced McLaren to conduct a new crash test, and it will have to make a decision about which direction it wants to go ...

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A report on Sky News this week revealed that McLaren aimed to boost its cashflow by selling the McLaren Technology Centre and then leasing it back. It is hoped that the move could raise around £200 million.<br>It is suggested that property agent Colliers has been instructed to begin the sale process.<br>News of the factory sale comes in the wake of a major financial headache for McLaren earlier ...

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The team currently lies third in the world championship, but Seidl says that Mercedes and Red Bull Racing will remain out of reach until it can match them in terms of facilities.<br>McLaren uses the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne, but is constructing its own as part of its upgrading strategy.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>New McLaren F1 wind tunnel plans running one year behind<br><br><br>The team has ...

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From the bitter reality of needing to make staff cuts, to questions over its actual future, McLaren has not let any of that distract it as it has emerged as one of the contenders for a top three spot in the constructors' championship.<br>Podium finishes for Lando Norris in Austria and Carlos Sainz in Italy were not just down to luck, as the MCL35 has been quick – and is now a regular in Q3 and ...

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Following the Italian GP McLaren holds third place on 98 points, while Racing Point is 16 points behind in fourth – after the 15-point deduction triggered by the brake duct copying case verdict is taken into account.<br>Seidl thinks Racing Point lost some momentum at low downforce tracks Spa and Monza, where McLaren scored well. “I still think in terms of pure car potential, it is still the ...

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McLaren scored the most constructors’ points (30) at Monza, outscoring race winners AlphaTauri by three, as Mercedes recorded a season-low 17.<br>In a dramatic event – impacted by a safety car and a red flag – Carlos Sainz finished a close second to Pierre Gasly, while Lando Norris crossed the line in fourth. In the early laps, Sainz and Norris ran second and third behind the Mercedes of ...

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Carlos Sainz starts the Monza race from third place, and McLaren’s form off the line in 2020 suggests that he has a chance of mixing it with the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas that start from the front row.<br>However Seidl insists if Sainz does get ahead of a Mercedes at the start, McLaren won’t compromise its battle for third place in the race, and especially with the ...

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McLaren moved up to third place in the Formula 1 constructors’ standings after Lando Norris finished seventh in the Belgian Grand Prix, beating Racing Point drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll.<br>The result left McLaren on 68 points, two clear of Racing Point and seven ahead of Ferrari, while Renault sits just nine points off third place after a strong weekend at Spa. With Mercedes and Red ...

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McLaren moved up to third place in the constructors’ championship at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix after Lando Norris finished the race in seventh place.<br>The result lifted McLaren above Racing Point and extended its advantage over fifth-placed Ferrari, who failed to score any points and spent just five laps with a car inside the top 10.<br>Ferrari has struggled for form through 2020 so ...

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Sainz was prevented from starting Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after reporting an issue with his power unit en route to the grid, forcing him out of the race.<br>McLaren said there had been an issue on Sainz's power unit which had caused an exhaust failure, leaving the Spaniard on the sidelines.<br>Team principal Andreas Seidl said that McLaren needed to wait on analysis from engine supplier ...

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With the rain forecast on Sunday, some teams took a step back from the trimmed out levels they ran earlier in the weekend in an attempt to ensure their drivers have more grip for a wet race.<br>McLaren chose not to do that, and Sainz qualified seventh in a dry session, three places ahead of teammate Lando Norris.<br>“We elected to run super low downforce, which means if the rain comes, we might ...

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The proof that teams are still working flat out in preparation for next year came in Friday practice at Spa-Francorchamps, when McLaren ran what it described as some ‘experimental’ parts to get a head start on its 2021 efforts.<br>With the FIA expecting gains in downforce to come, and F1 using the same tyres for the third year in a row, some rule changes have been agreed to cut back on car ...

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The Woking-based outfit tied up with the Bahrain Merida outfit for the start of 2019 with a move where it hoped to bring its Formula 1 expertise to the cycling world. <br>But despite long-term intentions, and some high-profile signings including rider Mark Cavendish, it is understood the financial difficulties that have hit McLaren as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have forced a change ...

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The FIA sporting regulations allow teams to run 2018 cars without limitation, as long as the governing body is kept informed, and several had been planning to visit Portimao, Imola or Mugello before the newly-scheduled races there.<br>Prior to the start of the season and before the calendar additions were confirmed, Ferrari was able to run a 2018 car at its own Mugello venue, while AlphaTauri ...

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McLaren make an encouraging start to the 2020 season, kickstarted by Lando Norris taking his maiden podium in Austria’s season opener.<br>Since then Norris and teammate Carlos Sainz have been a consistent presence in F1’s upper midfield, sitting fourth in the constructors’ standings after the Spanish Grand Prix, just one point behind Racing Point and one ahead of Ferrari.<br>When asked by ...

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The deadline for early signing, which entitles teams to a financial bonus, was pushed back to this week after some last minute legal fettling. The final deadline for signing, without the bonus, is at the end of this month.<br>Along with Ferrari, McLaren made it clear several weeks ago that it was happy with progress on the Concorde and was ready to sign, while other teams – notably Mercedes – ...

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Racing Point was hit with a 15-point Formula 1 constructors’ championship penalty and a €400,00 fine after it was deemed to have copied Mercedes’ 2019 rear brake ducts design on its 2020 car.<br>Racing Point based the concept of the RP20 car on last year’s title-winning Mercedes W10, claiming to have reverse engineered the design based off photographs.<br>McLaren was one of four teams ...

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Sainz's car was running hotter than that of teammate Lando Norris over the 70th Anniversary GP weekend, and the team was forced to open up extra cooling, which created aerodynamic compromises.<br>On Thursday in Barcelona, Sainz admitted that there was still "a question mark" over the source of the problem, although he trusted the team to address it.<br>Team principal Andreas Seidl said on Friday ...

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An issue with overheating forced Sainz's team to open up the car and generate more cooling, which in turn compromised the aero performance of the MCL35.<br>The problem was confined to the Spaniard's machine. He endured a frustrating weekend, finishing out of the points in 13th place, four spots behind teammate Lando Norris.<br>Ahead of the Spanish GP, Sainz is hopeful that the cause of the problem ...

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McLaren announced last year that it was planning to upgrade its facilities at its Woking base and construct a new wind tunnel after receiving approval from the company’s board.<br>McLaren has used Toyota’s wind tunnel at Cologne in recent years, but was eager to get its own facility updated and in place by 2021.<br>This push was instigated by team principal Andreas Seidl following his arrival ...

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