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McLaren: No fear that upgraded MCL38 F1 car will suffer at high-speed Barcelona

McLaren has faith that the low-speed gains it has unlocked with recent upgrades do not mean that its MCL38 will be worse off at fast tracks like Barcelona. The Woking-based squad’s recent cars have typically excelled in high-speed corners, but there has been a shift in the characteristics of its…

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McLaren teases Spanish GP upgrades as F1 wins on pure pace out of reach still

The Woking-based outfit has cemented its place as a consistent podium challenger this season having made rapid progress following a drastic overhaul of its management team last March, where then-technical director James Key departed following a nightmare start to the 2023 campaign.

Autosport

How 14 years of Conservative rule has made council bankruptcy commonplace

A growing number of councils in England have declared bankruptcy since 2018, most recently Nottingham, Woking, Thurrock and Birmingham. With the situation in the devolved nations of the UK looking similarly precarious, the question of quite what has happened to local government finances in the UK is an urgent one.

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McLaren chasing answers to unexpected F1 upgrade success

The Woking-based team introduced a major development step to its MCL38 at the Miami Grand Prix, which helped Lando Norris secure his maiden F1 victory.

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McLaren reveals bold Senna-inspired livery for F1’s Monaco GP

The Woking-based team has worked with sponsor partner OKX on the complete takeover of the MCL38 colour scheme – replacing its papaya orange with the yellow, green and blue colours of the late Brazilian’s iconic helmet.

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McLaren reveals bold Senna-inspired F1 livery for Monaco GP

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Why McLaren won't gamble with F1 Imola GP strategy in Verstappen fight

The Woking-based team has emerged as Red Bull’s closest challenger at Imola, with its pace suggesting that it had the potential to grab pole position.

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Piastri given encouragement from McLaren F1 upgrades after Norris win

Norris secured his first victory in F1 around the Hard Rock Stadium, making use of an opportune pitstop under safety car conditions to leap ahead of Max Verstappen. But once the neutralisation was lifted, the McLaren stretched clear to win unchallenged, albeit with Red Bull later revealing Verstappen had sustained…

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Williams in talks with Newey about F1 reunion

Newey announced earlier this week that he will be leaving his current Red Bull outfit at the start of next year, having grown unhappy about many aspects of working there over the past few months.The arrangement that Newey has reached with Red Bull means he will be a free agent…

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McLaren reveals 10 key changes behind its extensive Miami F1 upgrade

The Woking-based outfit has spent recent weeks working on addressing weaknesses that it feels its MCL38 car has.

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Norris: Potential for McLaren F1 team to improve puts "smile on my face"

The Woking outfit ended the 2023 season with momentum on its side, but thus far Ferrari has led the pursuit of pacesetters Red Bull.

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Norris: Potential for McLaren F1 team to improve puts “smile on my face”

The Woking outfit ended the 2023 season with momentum on its side, but thus far Ferrari has led the pursuit of pacesetters Red Bull.

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Norris: Australia layout the main factor behind improving McLaren F1 form

Norris and Oscar Piastri qualified fourth and sixth respectively, but both will move up a spot after a three-place grid penalty for third-fastest Sergio Perez. While Piastri couldn't wring an optimal lap out of his MCL38 in Q3, Norris' four-tenth gap to Red Bull''s polesitter Max Verstappen is the smallest…

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Brown signs new deal to remain as McLaren F1 CEO until 2030

The American joined the Woking outfit in 2016, initially as the executive director of the McLaren Technology Group before moving into his current position as the CEO in the middle of 2018.

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London travel news LIVE: Burst water pipe causes major disruption between Stratford and Tottenham Hale

Commuters using Thameslink and Southern trains have been hit with disruption to multiple routes on Wednesday morning.

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McLaren unveils new MCL38 F1 car for 2024

McLaren has stuck to its popular papaya orange and black colour scheme for the new F1 season, reverting to its standard nomenclature for the MCL38 that will get its first mileage on Wednesday during a filming session in Silverstone. The car builds on the much-improved MCL60 which, after a…

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Alpine braced for tough start to F1 2024 after concept change

On Wednesday, Alpine launched a 2024 challenger that is a complete overhaul of its predecessor, with technical director Matt Harman explaining "only the steering wheel" has been carried over following a sixth-place finish in 2023. The "aggressive" revamp, which not only involves aerodynamics but also a redesign of rear suspension…

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Alpine braced for tough start to F1 2024 after car concept change

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Duchess of Edinburgh visits The Lighthouse charity in Barnsbury

Discover how The Duchess of Edinburgh, as Patron, visited The Lighthouse in Barnsbury Woking to support their volunteer team and help improve the lives of ...

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When a Citizens Advice has to close despite demand being ‘off the scale’

In Mansfield, the council could not afford the funding needed by a service that is vital to one of the UK’s most deprived areas

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‘We’d be stuck without it’: elderly Woking residents face loss of key transport

Council set to cut back Dial-a-Ride service after speculative spree led it to bankruptcy

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Norris: Race wins, not F1 title, the realistic goal before 2026

The Briton has just signed a new contract extension at McLaren, keeping him at the Woking-based squad until 2027 at the earliest, which he hopes will put him on the path to achieve his world title dream.

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How to be an ace engineer: McLaren Automotive motorsport director Ian Morgan

Given he’s now in his third stint at McLaren, it should come as little surprise that Ian Morgan has a deep passion for the Woking-based giant he first worked for over 25 years ago.

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Is McLaren yet to unlock Norris's full F1 potential?

Off the back of his most successful season in F1, Norris has strengthened his status as the Woking-based squad's lead driver, having scored more than twice as many points as rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri and achieved seven podium finishes – more than in his first four campaigns combined.

Motorsport

McLaren reveals new-look 2024 F1 livery ahead of MCL38 launch

The Woking-based team has made a change to its new season launch process for 2024, as in previous years it revealed both the livery and launch specification of its new design simultaneously.

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