McLaren CEO Zak Brown has admitted there is a “risk“ of a 2007-esque repeat at the team this year amid Max Verstappen's threat in the championship.
18 years ago, a rookie Lewis Hamilton was fighting for the title against reigning champion and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso.
READ MORE: McLaren wary of Lewis Hamilton-Fernando Alonso 'risk' in F1 title fight
Liam Lawson sidelined at Mexican GP for F1 rookie practice appearance
Liam Lawson will miss the opening free practice session in Mexico City this weekend as Racing Bulls field a rookie driver.
The Faenza-based squad is handing an opportunity to Ayumu Iwasa, marking his fourth FP1 appearance of his career.
READ MORE: Liam Lawson sidelined at Mexican GP for F1 rookie practice appearance
Former F1 team principals give evidence in ongoing McLaren-Alex Palou trial
Otmar Szafnauer was subject to a brutal cross-examination as one of two former team principals to give evidence in London’s High Court in the ongoing McLaren vs Alex Palou trial.
McLaren Indy LLC is seeking damages of nearly $20 million from Palou and his management company for the breach of contract after Palou decided in August 2023 not to join McLaren’s IndyCar programme, with his belief being that the team had broken a promise to place him in F1 for the 2024 season, something described as an option and not an obligation in the contract.
READ MORE: Former F1 team principals give evidence in ongoing McLaren-Alex Palou trial
F1 champion makes crucial assessment of Max Verstappen as pressure mounts on McLaren
Max Verstappen has been declared "relaxed" and with "nothing to lose" in his F1 drivers' championship battle with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
From a position where even Verstappen was suggesting he was not in contention to become a five-time F1 champion, a stirring run of results have propelled the Red Bull driver back into the fight with Piastri and Norris.
READ MORE: F1 champion makes crucial assessment of Max Verstappen as pressure mounts on McLaren
F1 teams braced for fierce Mexican GP challenge with formidable conditions
Round 20 of the 2025 F1 championship takes place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez this weekend, host of the Mexico City Grand Prix.
After scorching conditions greeted the teams and drivers last weekend in the US, with no threat of rain, a similarly dry forecast is expected for Mexico.
READ MORE: F1 teams braced for fierce Mexican GP challenge with formidable conditions
McLaren ripped into over 'complete nonsense' Lando Norris call: 'Everyone else is just laughing'
Former F1 driver Timo Glock has delivered a withering takedown of McLaren for how it has handled the aftermath of Lando Norris making contact with Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix.
The German heavily criticised the decision to publicly share that Norris is subject to repercussions for the incident with his team-mate, labelling it "complete nonsense", whilst arguing the Woking-based squad should have kept the matter strictly internal.
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