2026 McLaren Mastercard F1 Team

[Dimond]

A roller coaster

[Macklaren]

IT'S ON, boys and girls. Lando is truly driving WDC level
I think the time has come to get PIA up and use him for NOR title run. McLaren will not even be able to compete for WCC if PIA keeps dropping off like this

[Emag]

Not gonna lie, I thought this would have been another Lando Norris special, i.e, lose a race from P1 because of a bad start.

But the pace has been phenomenal on the second half. Again.
Doesn't redeem the start in my opinion, he has to fix that at some point because it almost cost him two wins between Budapest and here.

He won the race, so of course he redeemed the start. I wouldn't mind him losing the lead at the start every race if he's race winner at the end.

I think he had the pace, especially in the second half, to have a very easy win. Made it hard for himself and who knows, on another scenario, he might not even win this type of race. And that's how you lose 7 points which may very well be crucial at the end of the season. He needs to not lose out on the starts if he wants a realistic chance of a comeback this year.

But other than that, I have nothing to say to this race. Completely outclassed his teammate and he was clinical when he needed to be. Pace in general over the last two races has been phenomenal.

[Darth-Piekus]

Norris definitely redeemed himself for the start by making a championship level pass on both Antonelli from the outside and then Hamilton.

[101FlyingDutchman]

Not gonna lie, I thought this would have been another Lando Norris special, i.e, lose a race from P1 because of a bad start.

But the pace has been phenomenal on the second half. Again.
Doesn't redeem the start in my opinion, he has to fix that at some point because it almost cost him two wins between Budapest and here.

He won the race, so of course he redeemed the start. I wouldn't mind him losing the lead at the start every race if he's race winner at the end.

I think he had the pace, especially in the second half, to have a very easy win. Made it hard for himself and who knows, on another scenario, he might not even win this type of race. And that's how you lose 7 points which may very well be crucial at the end of the season. He needs to not lose out on the starts if he wants a realistic chance of a comeback this year.

But other than that, I have nothing to say to this race. Completely outclassed his teammate and he was clinical when he needed to be. Pace in general over the last two races has been phenomenal.

We seem to deploy the PU different here due to the gearing ratio. On high fuel and the softer tyres we don’t we seem to be that competitive. But the hards and low fuel was just epic. Close to the fastest lap of LEC that was set on softs. Car just goes into the sweet spot

[Danzo84]

Lando operating at a very high level this season, quite possibly the driver of the season so far imo. Norris a year ago likely doubts himself, love the confidence he has in himself this season

[Seerix]

What a drive, I was sure it's done after the restart. Great job Lando.
Osc on the other hand, yes he got unlucky when RUS blocked him on the start and slow pit, but NOR was overtaking while Osc was getting overtaken and ended up nowhere.

[FittingMechanics]

What a race and result. Great work by Lando. I know he applauded the strategy team but the real reason for the victory is Landos pace when Antonelli went to the pits and then amazing pace in last stint.

Hopefully McLaren can improve the set up for later today and tomorrow but I fear we might have seen the highlight of our season at the last race.

Hello there.

For a moment i was surprised that McLaren had the balls to switch strategy. My option was Lando on Mediums and Oscar on hards. I was ok also with Soft an Hards. But the miracle lasted until Oscar stop. Except was long they threw away the initial idea. So bad.

The issue is that Piastri just can't keep tires alive or judge their durability. He said his hards didn't feel better than mediums (durability wise). This is a major issue for McLaren as it usually makes sense to put the second driver on long hail mary strategies.

Why take PIA in when the hard pace was very very solid. Let the offset build

He is just not the guy to nurse tires.

[bauc]

Back to Back WINS by NOR.............NOT BAD AT ALL.... what a race boys....
Great work for the team this weekend, we did a great job...
Now the big test, MOZNA, if we can be competitive there as well, we can be anywhere.

We will win again - RON DENNIS

[bauc]

Lando operating at a very high level this season, quite possibly the driver of the season so far imo. Norris a year ago likely doubts himself, love the confidence he has in himself this season

Yes, I agree. And looking back, that missed win in Miami hurts even more now.

[Ben1980]

Oscar struggled with low grip tracks? Having all cars with lower grip doesn't help him. He isnt far off number 2 driver basis.

[Darth-Piekus]

Lando is 83 points behind Antonelli at the moment and if I'm correct we have 9 or 10 races to go. If Mclaren is still best at Monza do you think he can still make a comeback?

[Ben1980]

Lando is 83 points behind Antonelli at the moment and if I'm correct we have 9 or 10 races to go. If Mclaren is still best at Monza do you think he can still make a comeback?

I would be shocked if the car is best at Monza.

We need a las vegas style double DQ for Merc. Which is rare.

[Darth-Piekus]

All we can do is keep pushing to the end and you never know what might happen. I doubt that Mercedes will make the same mistakes with what we did last year but anything can happen. It's Formula 1.