World champions will hold back the track debut of the MCL40 to maximize simulation work.

Andrea Stella says the strength of McLaren's technical departments stand the team in good stead for the 2026 Formula 1 season.McLaren struggled at the start of the ground effect era in 2022, and in early 2023 had one of the slowest cars on the grid. But after turning that situation...

McLaren is already noticing a positive impact from the arrivals of David Sanchez from Ferrari and Rob Marshall from Red Bull as part of its senior technical leadership team.The two senior engineers were announced as McLaren hires last year, but both started work at the team at the beginning of...

Lando Norris says McLaren has shown it is on the right track for 2024 with the way it turned its season around, and is hopeful that new arrivals will boost its momentum.McLaren was a long way off the pace at the start of the season and admitted its launch car...

The cost cap restrictions are making it harder for top teams to keep certain talents from being enticed elsewhere, admits Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.Red Bull’s chief engineering officer Rob Marshall (pictured top, center) will join McLaren at the start of 2024, taking on the role of technical director...

McLaren has announced the signing of former Red Bull chief engineering officer Rob Marshall to the new position of technical director of engineering and design.Marshall has been at Red Bull for 17 years, working his way up the engineering ranks to lead that department in recent years, winning six drivers’...

Helmut Marko’s suggestion that Red Bull’s drivers take part in a camp that could see them catch coronavirus in order to be fully fit for when racing restarts was made before the severity of the pandemic was understood.That’s the explanation by Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who said Marko’s...

Red Bull has dropped a firm hint that it may switch to a short Williams-style nose this season as Formula 1 teams continue to hunt for the best solution.A change to the nose regulations introduced for 2015 has left teams facing a big headache about how best to recoup lost...

Renault's Formula 1 teams believe that the French car manufacturer is well set to escape the testing nightmares that it suffered 12 months ago.At Jerez last year, Renault suffered a hugely disappointing first outing for its new turbo V6 engine, with it being troubled by both poor reliability and a...

Adrian Newey thinks it too early to expect Renault to have made the progress needed to enable Red Bull to challenge for the Formula 1 world championship this year.The design genius, who has stepped back from a full-time role at Red Bull's F1 team, is well aware that his squad's...