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McLaren's looming dilemma as Bottas explains retirement idea - RacingNews365 Review

Check out the biggest stories from Wednesday 14th August with the RacingNews365 Review!

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McLaren's driver dilemma

Lando Norris began the season as McLaren's lead driver, but performances from Oscar Piastri has the Briton looking over his shoulder.

In an analysis, Fergal Walsh explains why the team is heading towards "an inevitable fallout."

READ MORE: McLaren is heading towards an inevitable F1 fallout

Bottas's early retirement talk

Valtteri Bottas's 2018 season at Mercedes was a difficult campaign, as he finished a lowly fifth in the standings and had multiple wins taken away through no fault of his own. 

He has spoken before that he was on the cusp of a shock early retirement - but has lifted the lid on a "turning point" that made him stay. 

READ MORE: The 'turning point' that prevented Bottas' F1 retirement

Brown's "naive" McLaren warning

As McLaren continues to impress, boss Zak Brown has urged the team not to rest on its laurels when looking ahead to 2025.

He feels it would be "naive" to believe rivals couldn't do a McLaren to McLaren...

READ MORE: Brown warns against McLaren 'naivety' threat from F1 rivals

RB's Tsunoda reasoning

One cog in the 2025 driver market was settled exceptionally early as Yuki Tsunoda was taken off the market and signed to an extension at RB. 

The team has now explained just why it put pen to paper so soon in an interview with RacingNews365.

READ MORE: RB reveal why 'phenomenal' Tsunoda received early extension

Also interesting:

In the latest episode of the RacingNews365 podcast, Nick, Sam and Ian look back on the first half of the 2024 F1 season. Their favourite moments are discussed, as is Lewis Hamilton's recent return to form. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris' title fight is also assessed.

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