2026 McLaren Mastercard F1 Team

[bauc]

163 laps today...

https://racingnews365.com/2026-f1-barce ... -5-results

Pos. Driver Team Lap time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.348 63
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:16.594 83
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.653 78
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:17.446 80
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.586 118
6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:17.707 160
7 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:18.393 85
8 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:18.423 106
9 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:19.870 78
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.179 66
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.795 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:20.920 54

Nice work boys! Onto the next one!

[SilviuAgo]

163 laps today...

https://racingnews365.com/2026-f1-barce ... -5-results

Pos. Driver Team Lap time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.348 63
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:16.594 83
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.653 78
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:17.446 80
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:17.586 118
6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:17.707 160
7 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:18.393 85
8 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:18.423 106
9 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:19.870 78
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.179 66
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:20.795 49
12 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:20.920 54
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[LionsHeart]

On the final day of testing, the McLaren drivers completed 163 laps between them? Remarkable!

A good compensation for yesterday. I'd say it was compensated with a surplus. This means that the problems with the fuel system were resolved, and no other major reliability issues arose.

[SilviuAgo]

mclaren covered the car in flow-vis for lando’s last run of testing

[Macklaren]

On the final day of testing, the McLaren drivers completed 163 laps between them? Remarkable!

A good compensation for yesterday. I'd say it was compensated with a surplus. This means that the problems with the fuel system were resolved, and no other major reliability issues arose.

both drivers were pushing too!

[Macklaren]

mclaren covered the car in flow-vis for lando’s last run of testing

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G_7U4LbXsAA ... name=small

OH I thought Audi brought back last year's Sauber for a few runs at the end there

[LionsHeart]

On the final day of testing, the McLaren drivers completed 163 laps between them? Remarkable!

A good compensation for yesterday. I'd say it was compensated with a surplus. This means that the problems with the fuel system were resolved, and no other major reliability issues arose.

both drivers were pushing too!

Indeed! This is a good sign. Was it really worth worrying about, considering the team didn't even hit the track on Monday?

[AR3-GP]

I think Mclaren would have special insight into how they compare to the other Mercedes powered teams since they know the power unit parameters.

[Macklaren]

On the final day of testing, the McLaren drivers completed 163 laps between them? Remarkable!

A good compensation for yesterday. I'd say it was compensated with a surplus. This means that the problems with the fuel system were resolved, and no other major reliability issues arose.

both drivers were pushing too!

Indeed! This is a good sign. Was it really worth worrying about, considering the team didn't even hit the track on Monday?

EXACTLY. now the the handwringing will begin that we are the last to reveal our livery so the team is in shambles

[geogate]

decent test. Car looks good. Anyone calling any pecking order just yet identifies themselves as someone to be avoided. Merc and Newey getting all the chatter - i expect McLaren are quite comfortable with that.
I remember the MP4/18, where Newey went radical

[FittingMechanics]

Great news to have this reliability on day 3.

My impression from little data we got is that the car extracted decent laptime from day 1, it is always good to see that they are up the order throughout the day.

I'm not sure how they did last year during the test but regardless, I'm quite optimistic for the season.

[MrGapes]

Could see them doing the 200km filming day between now and Bahrain…

[the EDGE]

Could see them doing the 200km filming day between now and Bahrain…

Seems a bit pointless now, really… unless they actually want to film the car! In which case it would be easier to hold it in Bahrain, when everything and the drivers are in one place already. These things take a lot of resources to carry out, and I’m sure they’ve all got a lot to do in the next 10 days

[MrGapes]

Could see them doing the 200km filming day between now and Bahrain…

Seems a bit pointless now, really… unless they actually want to film the car! In which case it would be easier to hold it in Bahrain, when everything and the drivers are in one place already. These things take a lot of resources to carry out, and I’m sure they’ve all got a lot to do in the next 10 days

I wouldn't think its pointless, teams would want as much track time as they can with these cars to verify reliability, get to Bahrain a day earlier…

[geogate]

yeah, the filming day will be at Bahrain after the livery launch, which i think is the 9th? So they will probably run day before the test seems most logical, and useful