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McLaren: Car progress best way to stop F1 rivals luring Norris away

The Woking-based squad announced this week that it has extended Oscar Piastri’s deal until the end of 2026, which means attention has now shifted to the future of its other driver Norris, whose deal runs until 2025.

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IndyCar’s O’Ward to get Abu Dhabi F1 outings for McLaren

According to F1’s sporting regulations, McLaren still had to fulfil its commitment to run a second rookie in an FP1 session later this year.

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Why rivals don’t want BOP tweaks to help stop Red Bull F1 dominance

Construction work around the final sector of the Marina Bay city circuit means four of the characteristic 90-degree turns have been ditched. The replacement, a longer back straight, will ease the strain on the rear tyres. That could leave the door open for Ferrari in qualifying.

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Norris expands on back issues aggravated by current F1 cars

Last year, F1 switched to ground-effect-based cars which are set up extremely stiff to generate the most downforce. That set-up had the unintended side-effect of porpoising on most cars, with drivers bouncing violently on the straights.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 F1 Italian Grand Prix

Although Ferrari threw everything it had at securing victory in its home Formula 1 race at Monza, Red Bull proved too strong over the Italian Grand Prix weekend.

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Hamilton apologetic over Piastri F1 clash which was "obviously my fault"

Hamilton was coming through the field on an alternate tyre strategy, attacking McLaren's Piastri for eighth on his fresher mediums on lap 41.

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Hamilton apologetic for Piastri F1 Italian GP clash which was "my fault"

Hamilton was coming through the field on an alternate tyre strategy, attacking McLaren's Piastri for eighth on his fresher mediums on lap 41.

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Why Monza F1 qualifying has moved away from chaotic slipstream bonanza

The Italian GP has been the scene of many chaotic qualifying sessions in F1's recent past, with drivers playing a game of chicken trying to position themselves for a strong slipstream on Monza's long straights.

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McLaren enjoys being "heavily challenged" by vocal Norris on F1 team radio

Norris caused a stir in last weekend's Dutch Grand Prix when he angrily slammed the team for leaving him out too long on slicks in the rain, shouting "are you stupid" to his race engineer.

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McLaren still "needs more development" to challenge for P2 in F1 2023

The team's Lando Norris qualified second for last week's Dutch Grand Prix behind Max Verstappen, the latest evidence of the giant leap McLaren has made with its B-spec upgrade it deployed before the summer break.

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McLaren has no more "big holes" to fix as it targets F1 titles - Brown

Over the winter, newly promoted team principal Andrea Stella led a thorough review of the Woking design department.

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Brown: Norris' McLaren F1 criticism never demotivating

McLaren missed its 2023 season targets with a draggy launch car, which led to significant changes within the organisation led by incoming team principal Andrea Stella.

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Norris admits “relief” at seeing McLaren F1 progress

McLaren has been slipping backwards in recent years, which led to wholesale changes to the technical structure and to its Woking infrastructure, projects overseen by incoming team boss Andrea Stella and by CEO Zak Brown.

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Lando Norris admits "relief" at seeing McLaren F1 progress

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Red Bull surprised F1 rivals took so long to understand its DRS secret

The Milton Keynes-based squad has produced some eye-opening performances this year thanks to a huge advantage that drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez enjoy when the DRS is open.

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Why McLaren F1 didn’t address its high drag problem sooner

McLaren started the season off the pace with a car that was both lacking overall downforce and suffering from a lack of aerodynamic efficiency, meaning it creates too much drag for a given downforce level.

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McLaren explains reasons behind Norris F1 race engineer rotation

Norris generally races with his long-time race engineer at McLaren, Will Joseph manning the radio, but on occasion, Joseph has been swapping roles with Norris' performance engineer Jose Manuel Lopez, including in various sessions over the last couple of race weekends.

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Red Bull’s DRS edge will take time to close, despite F1 rivals waking up to it

One of the standout characteristics of the dominant RB19 is the DRS advantage that has helped Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez often be unstoppable on the straights.

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Red Bull's DRS edge will take a while to close, despite F1 rivals waking up to it

One of the standout characteristics of the dominant RB19 is the DRS advantage that has helped Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez often be unstoppable on the straights.

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Stella defends F1 rules: Low-drag tracks are now a problem

To help reduce the dirty air produced and allow cars to follow one another more closely, the design rulebook was reset for 2022 to move to ground-effects and away from complex top surfaces.

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McLaren pushing to sign off final ‘conceptual evolution’ update for F1 2023 car

Ahead of a landmark moment for the team, as it prepares to put its 2024 car in its new wind tunnel for the first time, the squad still wants to eke out one final effort for its current MCL60.

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McLaren pushing to sign off final F1 ‘conceptual evolution’ update for 2023 car

Ahead of a landmark moment for the team, as it prepares to put its 2024 car in its new wind tunnel for the first time, the squad still wants to eke out one final effort for its current MCL60.

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Norris concedes McLaren downforce level too high at Spa ahead of F1 grand prix

Like the rest of the teams, the Woking outfit only had Friday’s FP1 session during which to experiment before the set-up of the cars was locked in as parc ferme took effect for qualifying.

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Norris concedes McLaren F1 downforce level too high at Spa

With an eye on the predicted wet conditions, McLaren went for a higher level of downforce than its rivals with both cars, a move that paid off in the sprint event, where Oscar Piastri briefly led and finished second, with Norris sixth.

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McLaren busts Belgian GP myth and warns F1 struggles may return

The first and second stages of a three-step upgrade to change “pretty much every single aerodynamic part on the car” appears to have turned around McLaren’s poor start to the season.

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