McLaren F1 boss leaves Supercars championship team Supercars champion Chaz Mostert will race for a new-look team, with McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown stepping away from Walkinshaw Andretti United. AAP · Dec 12, 2025
United Autosports exits Supercars venture ahead of McLaren Hypercar programme The Supercars outfit currently known as Walkinshaw Andretti United will undergo a major transition in 2026, coinciding with its switch to Toyota machinery Motorsport · Dec 11, 2025
Was 2025 Oscar Piastri’s best chance at an F1 title or a prelude to future glory? The young Australian is a gifted driver racing in an exceptional car, but was prone to error this season and in 2026 will face new adversity The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2025
F1 legends and rivals flood social media with praise after Lando Norris' championship win Formula 1 drivers and teams flooded social media with messages congratulating Lando Norris on securing his first drivers' championship title Motorsport · Dec 8, 2025
Zak Brown: Oscar Piastri is "going to be a world champion in a McLaren" Piastri missed out on the 2025 F1 world title to McLaren team-mate Norris at the Abu Dhabi season finale Motorsport · Dec 8, 2025
Brown "convinced" Piastri will be future F1 champion with McLaren Oscar Piastri missed out on the 2025 F1 world title to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris at the Abu Dhabi season finale Autosport · Dec 8, 2025
'Lando's not Superman': Oscar expects McLaren fair play McLaren have lavished praise on defeated "team player" Oscar Piastri, but the Australian expects "fairness" from them now Lando Norris is F1 champion. AAP · Dec 8, 2025
McLaren driver Lando Norris wins first Formula One World Championship Lando Norris has won his first Formula 1 World Championship after tight three-way contest with Red Bull’s Verstappen and his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Norris is now the first British driver to win the world title since Lewis Hamilton in 2020. Euronews · Dec 7, 2025
Zak Brown claps back at "uninformed" Australian senator after claims McLaren favours Lando Norris McLaren CEO Zak Brown has dismissed Australian senator Matt Canavan's claim that the team is favouring Lando Norris over Oscar Piastri Motorsport · Dec 6, 2025
What are McLaren's papaya rules ahead of the F1 title decider? Here’s how McLaren’s papaya rules involving drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris originated, and what they mean going into the Abu Dhabi showdown Autosport · Dec 5, 2025
What are McLaren's papaya rules ahead of F1's 2025 title decider? Here’s how McLaren’s papaya rules involving drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris originated, and what they mean going into the Abu Dhabi showdown Motorsport · Dec 5, 2025
McLaren will use team orders in quest for F1 world drivers’ title in Abu Dhabi McLaren’s team principal, Zak Brown, said: ‘We’re going to do what we can to win,’ with Max Verstappen able to pip Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to the championship The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025
Piastri struggles as Norris leads Abu Dhabi practice Lando Norris has made the best start of the title contenders in practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Oscar Piastri endured a truncated, disappointing day. AAP · Dec 5, 2025
Zak Brown denies McLaren F1 team orders are a U-turn on papaya rules McLaren has decided to impose team orders if they are necessary to win the 2025 title, and Brown argues that’s not at odds with ‘papaya rules’ Motorsport · Dec 5, 2025
Autosport · Dec 5, 2025 Brown explains why McLaren F1 team orders would not be a papaya rules U-turn McLaren has decided to impose team orders if they are necessary to win the 2025 title, and Brown argues that’s not at odds with ‘papaya rules’
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025 McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown will use team orders in Abu Dhabi: ‘We’d be crazy not to’ McLaren have not prioritised Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri all season but will intervene, if required, this Sunday
Motorsport · Dec 5, 2025 Zak Brown confirms McLaren Abu Dhabi GP team orders stance: 'Crazy not to do what we can to win' Zak Brown says McLaren will impose team orders in the Abu Dhabi finale if only one of Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri remains in realistic contention to secure the drivers' championship
Motorsport · Nov 30, 2025 Max Verstappen leans into horror villain role after Zak Brown's comments ring true Max Verstappen shrugged off Zak Brown’s “horror movie” jibe after punishing McLaren’s Qatar GP strategy horror to drag the title fight to an Abu Dhabi showdown
Motorsport · Nov 30, 2025 Zak Brown slams McLaren’s Qatar GP strategy disaster: "We gave his win away" McLaren CEO Zak Brown says the team “clearly made a huge mistake” by leaving Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris out under the Lap 7 safety car in Qatar
Autosport · Nov 29, 2025 Brown predicts Verstappen lunge into Turn 1 in Qatar GP McLaren F1 chief Zak Brown expects a box office start to Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix as Max Verstappen looks poised to attack Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
Motorsport · Nov 29, 2025 Zak Brown expects Max Verstappen Qatar GP Turn 1 lunge: "You don't want to miss the start" McLaren Formula 1 chief Zak Brown expects a box office start to Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix as Max Verstappen looks poised to attack Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
Motorsport · Nov 29, 2025 Fernando Alonso: How pros and cons of F1 experience helped mega Qatar sprint quali The double Formula 1 champion will start fourth for Saturday's sprint race at the Losail International Circuit, his best grid position of the 2025 season
Autosport · Nov 29, 2025 Alonso discusses pros and cons of vast experience after mega F1 Qatar GP sprint quali The double Formula 1 champion will start fourth for Saturday's sprint race at the Losail International Circuit
Motorsport · Nov 28, 2025 Zak Brown reveals when McLaren will enforce team orders in drivers' title fight Zak Brown says McLaren will only consider using team orders at the Abu Dhabi finale if one of its drivers is mathematically out of the F1 title fight
Motorsport · Nov 28, 2025 Max Verstappen is McLaren's 'horror movie villain' who "never makes mistakes", says Zak Brown McLaren’s Zak Brown says Max Verstappen is “like that guy in that horror movie” as he admits the team never believed the reigning champion was out of the 2025 Formula 1 title race