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Sainz joined McLaren for the 2019 season on a two-year deal alongside rookie Lando Norris, and led its charge to fourth place in the constructors’ championship, scoring its first podium for over five years at the Brazilian Grand Prix.<br>The Spaniard enters the final year of his existing contract in 2020, and said that while early conversations about the future have taken place, he saw no need ...

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Several areas of the car have been completely revamped over the MCL34 from 2019, as the team looks to make gains on those ahead and leave the rest firmly in its mirrors.<br>Click on the arrows to scroll through the images…<br><br><br>Read Also:<br><br>How much is McLaren hiding with its launch-spec car?<br>McLaren addressing midfield weaknesses with MCL35<br>Gallery: McLaren’s new MCL35 from ...

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Produced by Steve Nichols and technical director Gordon Murray, with Honda’s hugely-powerful turbo engine in the back and the iconic duo of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost driving, it was a truly golden era for McLaren.<br>Giorgio Piola joins Jake Boxall-Legge to talk about one of F1’s best-ever cars, with an unmatched winning percentage of 93.8%.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>McLaren unveils its ...

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The new McLaren MCL35 broke cover in a Thursday launch event at Woking, and the team - which finished fourth in the constructors' standings last year - hopes it will allow it to bridge the gap to Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.<br>“You have to to have a target to work to, because you kind of need to figure out where you need to be. One of those is to get to the front, but that’s a huge step ...

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F1 announced on Wednesday it would be postponing April's Chinese Grand Prix as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has spread to over 24 countries, with over 1,100 deaths reported.<br>Vietnam shares a land border with China, leading to uncertainty about the running of the inaugural race in Hanoi on April 5.<br>Vietnamese officials took the decision on Thursday to quarantine villages in the ...

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At an event at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, the team lifted the covers off the new McLaren MCL35 car that will be driven by Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris through the upcoming campaign.<br>The MCL35 retains the team's papaya and blue colour scheme from the previous season. There is a great block of blue along the side pods of the car, as well as on the airbox.<br>McLaren enjoyed its ...

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After a difficult partnership that lasted from 2015 to 2017, McLaren and Honda parted ways ahead of the 2018 campaign to allow the Woking-based outfit to switch to a customer engine deal with Renault.<br>Although Honda’s return to form with Red Bull helped it win three races last year and potentially eye a title challenge this year, Brawn thinks that ultimately McLaren getting rid of the ...

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The Renault-powered MCL35 was successfully fired up in front of staff, including CEO Zak Brown and team principal Andreas Seidl, on Wednesday.<br>Footage, which deliberately did not reveal any details about the new F1 design, was posted on the team's Twitter account.<br> <br>"Together with our colleagues from Renault, we successfully fired up the new car today for the first time. As it is every ...

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Speaking at Autosport International, Norris opens up about how hard he works and addresses whether people have the wrong impression of him being too relaxed over a race weekend. He also mentions the nervous moments and excitement he had in the run up to his first race.<br>Norris talks at length about his friendship with team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr and how hard they push each other and work together ...

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Though Magnussen's sole F1 podium so far came with McLaren in Australia in 2014, this owed much to engine supplier Mercedes' initial dominance in the hybrid era - and the Woking-based team would only return to the rostrum five years later, with the intervening seasons proving very tough.<br>And while McLaren now seems on the way up, its fellow former top F1 outfit Williams has slumped to the very ...

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The two-time world champion maintained ties with the Woking-based outfit last year after his most recent spell racing with it from 2015 to 2018.<br>In his ambassadorial role, Alonso kept close links with McLaren – helping advise the team's drivers and engineers as well as conducting a Pirelli tyre test in the 2019 car.<br>He was also a part of McLaren's efforts at last year's Indianapolis 500 ...

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McLaren was a subdued sixth in its first season with Renault engines in 2018, following a turbulent three years with Honda, but was one of the surprises of last season as it finished fourth in the constructors' championship.<br>That included beating its supplier Renault, and Carlos Sainz recording McLaren's first podium finish since 2014 when he was promoted to third in the Brazilian Grand ...

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The young Briton was supposed to be showing fans around the inside of the McLaren Technology Centre on a live YouTube feed, and gatecrashed a meeting that was discussing the launch of the MCL35.<br>The get-together was taking place in front of a screen showing a graphic of a papaya orange car, with the words 'Confidential'.<br>Speaking to the staff involved in the meeting, Norris asked about the ...

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Unilever had been with Williams since 2015, and had used its Formula 1 involvement with the Grove-based outfit to promote its Rexona brand.<br>But with the Williams contract coming to an end, the consumer brand has elected to move to McLaren, which is coming off the back of an encouraging 2019 campaign.<br>The deal between McLaren and Unilever will result in the two companies working together on ...

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A planned major rules overhaul is seen by several teams as an opportunity to break the status quo that has seen Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull win every race between them since the hybrid era started in 2014.<br>McLaren will switch to Mercedes engines for 2021, meaning it will be powered by the same unit that has won the last six championships.<br>Although Seidl concedes the top three will ...

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As part of F1's radical overhaul of the technical, sporting and financial regulations for the '21 campaign, a budget cap of $175million will be put in place in a bid to lessen the stranglehold Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull have had in recent years due to their huge budgets.<br>Speaking to Motorsport.com on the subject of the budget cap, Seidl said: "The target for us is clearly to run at the ...

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On the back of an encouraging 2019 campaign that ended with the Woking-based outfit finishing fourth in the constructors’ championship, team principal Andreas Seidl is pushing hard to improve things further so it can make a step this season.<br>Part of Seidl’s effort has gone in to ensuring that there is a well understood management structure in place, with clear responsibilities and roles ...

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With its Honda nightmare firmly in the rear-view mirror, McLaren built upon the foundations of its Renault-powered era with a much-improved 2019 season that resulted in a best-of-the-rest position behind the big three teams. Team newcomer Carlos Sainz scored his first F1 podium (and the team’s first since 2014) in the Brazilian Grand Prix, and followed that up by sealing sixth in the drivers’ ...

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McLaren has long been evaluating an entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship’s new top class, but Brown revealed such a move would be dependent on convergence with IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship’s DPi 2.0 concept after stating that a building a bespoke hypercar will be out of McLaren’s financial reach.<br>Should a McLaren LM Hypercar class entry materialise, it will come in ...

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Although it's enjoyed its best season in years in 2019, the Woking-based team is still undergoing a continuous overhaul - which includes the construction of a new wind tunnel for 2021 - under the new management of new team boss Andreas Seidl and Key, who came in from Toro Rosso.<br>And while McLaren's F1 simulator was once state-of-the-art, Key acknowledges developing a new version was a must in ...

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The Frenchman, who has been in the role since June 2014, is currently on gardening leave to see out his contract.<br>Discussions are ongoing about when he will be free to join a rival outfit, with speculation linking him with a move to the Haas team in the early part of next year.<br>A switch to Haas would see him link up again with the team's technical partner Dallara, where he worked from 2004 ...

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The Woking-based outfit began a partnership with BAT earlier this year to promote the company's electronic alternatives to cigarettes.<br>With the tie-up having proved to be a success on the back of McLaren's push to fourth place in the constructors' championship, BAT announced ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that it will be increasing its financial commitment in 2020 as well as sponsoring the ...

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