McLaren Racing extends Zak Brown’s contract as CEO through 2030
1 year ago

McLaren Racing extends Zak Brown’s contract as CEO through 2030

Associated Press  

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown said Friday he’s signed an extension to remain in charge of the organization through 2030. He has been CEO since 2018 and the American oversees all of McLaren’s racing programs from its England-based headquarters. “It’s a privilege to work alongside the talented men and women across McLaren Racing’s different race series,” Brown wrote. The IndyCar team fields cars for Pato O’Ward, Alexander Rossi and David Malukas, although Malukas is injured and Callum Ilott has been his replacement driver for the first two IndyCar races.

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Domenicali agrees to five-year extension to stay on as F1 president and CEO through 2029
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Domenicali agrees to five-year extension to stay on as F1 president and CEO through 2029

Associated Press  

Stefano Domenicali, who has overseen Formula 1’s explosive growth on the calendar and popularity in recent years, will stay on as president and chief executive through 2029 through a five-year contract extension, the global racing series and ownership group Liberty Media announced Wednesday. The 59-year-old Italian has been in charge of F1 since 2021 and has steered the series as …

Piastri signs ‘multi-year’ extension at McLaren ahead of new Formula 1 season
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Piastri signs ‘multi-year’ extension at McLaren ahead of new Formula 1 season

Associated Press  

WOKING, England — Oscar Piastri has signed a “multi-year” contract extension with McLaren, the F1 team said Tuesday. The team didn’t give details of the extension but said it meant the 23-year-old Piastri would be staying “for the long term.” “It’s a great feeling knowing that I’m part of McLaren’s long-term vision,” Piastri said in a statement. “The team had …

Zak Brown makes ‘realistic’ statement for 2025 F1 season after McLaren title win
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Zak Brown makes ‘realistic’ statement for 2025 F1 season after McLaren title win

The Independent  

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McLaren eyes expansion into sports cars, a decision that could impact IndyCar and Formula E teams
2 months ago

McLaren eyes expansion into sports cars, a decision that could impact IndyCar and Formula E teams

Associated Press  

The whispers that McLaren Racing was eyeing sports car racing have circulated for months and it made sense: The brand is, after all, a supercar to sell to consumers and the truest platform to showcase high-performance vehicles would be a prototype class of sports car racing. “McLaren Automotive is in the process of being acquired, so they’re going to become, …

Aston Martin replaces Mike Krack as team principal after disappointing F1 season
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Aston Martin replaces Mike Krack as team principal after disappointing F1 season

Associated Press  

SILVERSTONE, England — Aston Martin has replaced Mike Krack as team principal but is keeping him in a high-profile role at Formula 1 races after a disappointing 2024 season. Krack’s trackside team will report to Cowell, and so will the staff at Aston Martin’s headquarters in England. However, with Aston Martin aiming to become a title-winning team in future, the …

McLaren bumps Red Bull off its throne in F1’s money-making championship race
6 months, 1 week ago

McLaren bumps Red Bull off its throne in F1’s money-making championship race

Associated Press  

McLaren Racing heads into the Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1’s hot new darlings, the papaya-drenched team that just may be the ones to finally dethrone Red Bull and Max Verstappen. “I think we’ve got as good a shot as anyone,” Zak Brown, the chief executive of McLaren, boldly declared last Sunday at IndyCar’s season-ending race. “Obviously no racing driver …

Pato O’Ward signs 2-year extension with McLaren’s IndyCar team
1 year ago

Pato O’Ward signs 2-year extension with McLaren’s IndyCar team

Associated Press  

Pato O’Ward signed a multi-year extension with McLaren Racing, the IndyCar team announced Friday. The 24-year-old Mexican driver is entering his fifth full season in IndyCar, all with Arrow McLaren, and late last year was named McLaren’s reserve driver for its Formula 1 team. The team said Friday O’Ward will be McLaren’s reserve F1 driver following the IndyCar season, which …

McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris signs multi-year contract extension
1 year, 2 months ago

McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris signs multi-year contract extension

Associated Press  

WOKING, England — McLaren driver Lando Norris signed a multi-year contract extension with the Formula One team on Friday. “I’ve grown up with McLaren and feel at home here, the team are like family to me.” Norris joined McLaren as a junior driver in 2017 and became a test driver the following year. “The work Zak, Andrea and the whole …

Norris signs multi-year extension with McLaren F1 team
1 year, 2 months ago

Norris signs multi-year extension with McLaren F1 team

The Hindu  

Lando Norris has signed a contract extension with McLaren to fuel their Formula One title ambitions and take the 24-year-old British driver into the sport’s new engine era in 2026 and beyond. Norris’s previous four-year contract, agreed in February 2022, ran to the end of 2025 and McLaren boss Zak Brown said the new one went “well beyond”. “And just …

McLaren’s F1 turnaround relied on an unlikely catalyst: New boss Andrea Stella
1 year, 3 months ago

McLaren’s F1 turnaround relied on an unlikely catalyst: New boss Andrea Stella

New York Times  

The contrast between Lando Norris’s demeanor after the first and the last Formula One race of 2023 was stark. “I think it’s a good time for us.” Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris emerged as the best driver duo on the F1 grid. “It’s a different team because of the leadership of Andrea.” When the MCL60’s shortcomings became apparent early in …

Japanese Grand Prix: Happy McLaren boss Zak Brown offers to fly Piastri’s mother to Japan
1 year, 6 months ago

Japanese Grand Prix: Happy McLaren boss Zak Brown offers to fly Piastri’s mother to Japan

The Hindu  

McLaren Formula One boss Zak Brown offered to fly Oscar Piastri’s mother to Japan after the Australian rookie driver put his car on the front row of the starting grid for Sunday’s race at Suzuka. The 22-year-old had also qualified on the front row for the Belgian GP sprint in July, but Japan will be the first time Piastri has …

McLaren Extend Australian Rookie Oscar Piastri's F1 Contract Till 2026
1 year, 6 months ago

McLaren Extend Australian Rookie Oscar Piastri's F1 Contract Till 2026

News 18  

Former champions McLaren have secured their Formula One line-up for the next few years after extending the contract of Australian rookie Oscar Piastri until the end of 2026. BREAKING: Oscar Piastri extends his contract with McLaren Racing until 2026!#F1 @McLarenF1 pic.twitter.com/DpqhNVpp4a— Formula 1 September 20, 2023 “He’s an incredible talent and an asset to the team so it’s fantastic to …

Oscar Piastri pens new long-term deal with McLaren until 2026... as the Aussie driver outlines his desire to be 'fighting it out at the front of the grid'
1 year, 6 months ago

Oscar Piastri pens new long-term deal with McLaren until 2026... as the Aussie driver outlines his desire to be 'fighting it out at the front of the grid'

Daily Mail  

Australian driver Oscar Piastri has signed a new deal with McLaren to keep him at the Formula One team until 2026. Piastri joined McLaren as reserve driver last year and made his F1 debut this season at Bahrain before he finished fourth at the British Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri has signed a new deal with McLaren to keep him at …

F1: Oscar Piastri extends Mclaren contract to 2026
1 year, 6 months ago

F1: Oscar Piastri extends Mclaren contract to 2026

The Hindu  

Former champions McLaren have secured their Formula One line-up for the next few years after extending the contract of Australian rookie Oscar Piastri until the end of 2026. “He’s an incredible talent and an asset to the team so it’s fantastic to be committing to each other in the long term,” McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said in a statement …

McLaren boss tells team IndyCar championship leader Alex Palou has reneged on 2024 contract
1 year, 7 months ago

McLaren boss tells team IndyCar championship leader Alex Palou has reneged on 2024 contract

Associated Press  

The contractual saga surrounding IndyCar championship leader Alex Palou took another twist Friday when the head of McLaren Racing told his team the Spaniard has “no intention of honoring his contract” with the team next year. Palou went public with the Ganassi dispute in a series of social media posts and wrote “as I have recently informed CGR, for personal …

McLaren head Zak Brown remains supportive of Andretti joining F1
1 year, 11 months ago

McLaren head Zak Brown remains supportive of Andretti joining F1

The Hindu  

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown remains supportive of Michael Andretti’s bid to join Formula One and believes governing body FIA will have an answer soon on grid expansion. I’m probably in the minority in that thinking.” Andretti, under the Andretti Global umbrella, has petitioned the FIA to allow him to add two cars to the F1 grid by the 2025 …

F1: Zak Brown believes Daniel Ricciardo could return to McLaren but praises ‘sensational’ Oscar Piastri
2 years, 1 month ago

F1: Zak Brown believes Daniel Ricciardo could return to McLaren but praises ‘sensational’ Oscar Piastri

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McLaren ‘won’t miss a beat’ after team principal change, Zak Brown insists
2 years, 3 months ago

McLaren ‘won’t miss a beat’ after team principal change, Zak Brown insists

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McLaren boss Zak Brown reveals that sacking Daniel Ricciardo hardest moment F1 Piastri Formula One
2 years, 5 months ago

McLaren boss Zak Brown reveals that sacking Daniel Ricciardo hardest moment F1 Piastri Formula One

Daily Mail  

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has scotched suggestions that Daniel Ricciardo was blindsided by his sacking from the F1 team, and said the decision was the hardest thing he's had to do in his motorsports career. McLaren CEO Zak Brown has opened up about the sacking of Daniel Ricciardo, saying it was the hardest thing he's had to do in motorsports …

F1 ruling clears way for Piastri to drive for McLaren in ’23
2 years, 6 months ago

F1 ruling clears way for Piastri to drive for McLaren in ’23

Associated Press  

Oscar Piastri will join McLaren on a multiyear deal in 2023 after Formula One’s contracts board ruled in his favor and against Alpine on Friday. Alpine was in dispute with Piastri — the team’s reserve driver — after he said he didn’t want promotion to the Alpine seat vacated by Fernando Alonso for next year. “The only contract to be …

IndyCar champ Palou declares he will be at McLaren in 2023
2 years, 8 months ago

IndyCar champ Palou declares he will be at McLaren in 2023

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar champion Alex Palou, who has contracts signed with two different race teams for 2023 and is being sued by Chip Ganassi Racing, declared Thursday: “I will be in the McLaren family next year.” The soap opera over Palou’s future continued with more twists and turns than the Spaniard will face in Saturday’s road course race at Indianapolis …

McLaren takes Miami in bid to become North America’s team
2 years, 10 months ago

McLaren takes Miami in bid to become North America’s team

Associated Press  

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Bruce McLaren was a Kiwi, born and raised in New Zealand. Montoya, part of McLaren’s lineup at Indianapolis, is a former McLaren F1 driver and the Colombian was a longtime Miami resident and one of the race ambassadors. It’s the IndyCar team that is McLaren’s ticket to building a base in sponsor-rich North America, which has …

McLaren planning for a future that includes Pato O’Ward
2 years, 11 months ago

McLaren planning for a future that includes Pato O’Ward

Associated Press  

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Pato O’Ward controlled his career trajectory at the start of the IndyCar season. McLaren’s high hopes for this season, its first as the majority owner of Arrow McLaren SP, hit an immediate speedbump both in Formula One and IndyCar just as the storied organization attempts to position itself as “America’s open-wheel race team.” The McLaren brand …

McLaren boss calls for stronger leadership in F1
3 years, 2 months ago

McLaren boss calls for stronger leadership in F1

The Hindu  

McLaren boss Zak Brown called on Monday for stronger leadership in Formula One to reduce the power of bigger teams and prevent the pinnacle of motorsport from turning into a pantomime. Without naming names, the American said "at times it has seemed the sport is governed by certain teams" and more leadership was needed from Liberty Media-owned Formula One and …

McLaren boss Zak Brown calls for an end to teams ‘influencing’ F1 race officials
3 years, 2 months ago

McLaren boss Zak Brown calls for an end to teams ‘influencing’ F1 race officials

The Independent  

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Column: Zak Brown savoring McLaren’s slow return to glory
3 years, 6 months ago

Column: Zak Brown savoring McLaren’s slow return to glory

Associated Press  

MONTEREY, Calif. — What does champagne taste like when chugged from a dirty shoe? Zak Brown doesn’t know the answer to the question he’s been asked in the week since McLaren broke a nine-year Formula One losing streak with a 1-2 sweep in Italy. What I do remember is that it was definitely my proudest day in motor racing.” Seven …

Lando Norris signs multiyear extension with F1 team McLaren
3 years, 10 months ago

Lando Norris signs multiyear extension with F1 team McLaren

Associated Press  

WOKING, England — Lando Norris signed a multiyear contract extension with McLaren on Wednesday that will keep the 21-year-old driver with the Formula One team for the immediate future. McLaren’s announcement cements its driver lineup with Norris and 31-year-old Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who joined at the start of the 2021 season on a multiyear deal. The British team’s statement didn’t …

Formula 1 2020: McLaren boss Zak Brown hails 'great year' for team in constructor's championship
4 years, 3 months ago

Formula 1 2020: McLaren boss Zak Brown hails 'great year' for team in constructor's championship

Firstpost  

A jubilant Brown said McLaren had “a great year” after Lando Norris and his Ferrari-bound team-mate Carlos Sainz finished fifth and sixth in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Abu Dhabi: McLaren boss Zak Brown hailed his team on Monday for snatching third place in the constructors’ championship and forecast that their 2021 drivers’ line-up will be the most exciting in …

McLaren Racing agrees 1/3rd of company sale to US investor
4 years, 3 months ago

McLaren Racing agrees 1/3rd of company sale to US investor

Associated Press  

WOKING, England — A U.S. investment group has bought a 15% stake in McLaren Racing in a move the team hopes will strengthen its efforts to compete at the top in Formula One and IndyCar racing. McLaren’s garage cheered wildly at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday after clinching third place in the constructors’ championship ahead of Racing …

Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris in Bathurst 1000 excites McLaren chief Zak Brown
4 years, 10 months ago

Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris in Bathurst 1000 excites McLaren chief Zak Brown

The Hindu  

Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris taking part in the Bathurst 1000 is something McLaren chief executive Zak Brown would love to see. The annual touring car race is held at Mount Panorama in New South Wales and typically clashes with Formula One's Japanese Grand Prix in early October. Ricciardo will join McLaren from Renault after the 2020 F1 season and …

McLaren to pass-up opportunity for Lewis Hamilton reunion as Zak Brown backs Lando Norris
5 years, 4 months ago

McLaren to pass-up opportunity for Lewis Hamilton reunion as Zak Brown backs Lando Norris

Daily Mail  

McLaren will not enter a bidding race to reunite Lewis Hamilton with the team that launched his career. Hamilton is almost certain to win his sixth Formula One world title at the US Grand Prix — 11 years after his first with the British team. McLaren have ruled-out a move for Lewis Hamilton when the Brit's contract ends next season …

Hinch-clipped: McLaren boss calls IndyCar change business
5 years, 4 months ago

Hinch-clipped: McLaren boss calls IndyCar change business

Associated Press  

The head of McLaren said Friday its IndyCar team will pay James Hinchcliffe not to drive for them in 2020, a change of direction for the organization set in motion when young driver Pato O’Ward became available. Hinchcliffe had driven for team co-owner Sam Schmidt since 2015, but with McLaren joining as a partner, Brown engineered the youngest lineup in …

McLaren confirms Askew and O’Ward for 2020 IndyCar lineup
5 years, 4 months ago

McLaren confirms Askew and O’Ward for 2020 IndyCar lineup

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From the moment McLaren said it was teaming with Sam Schmidt’s IndyCar team, all participants stressed that popular veteran James Hinchcliffe would be part of the team in 2020. He’s still young, he still wants to win races, so I think that’s what’s to stop him from.” McLaren had planned to be a full-time two-car IndyCar team …

Formula One: Fernando Alonso is a back-up option for McLaren, according to Andreas Seidl.
5 years, 6 months ago

Formula One: Fernando Alonso is a back-up option for McLaren, according to Andreas Seidl.

The Hindu  

Fernando Alonso could be an option for McLaren if either of its Formula One drivers are unable to race, according to team principal Andreas Seidl. The two-time F1 world champion is expected to make another bid for the Indy 500 in 2020, while the Spaniard will attend the upcoming Italian Grand Prix at Monza as a McLaren ambassador. Lando Norris …

Alonso rejects McLaren offer to buy him Indy 500 seat
5 years, 10 months ago

Alonso rejects McLaren offer to buy him Indy 500 seat

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — McLaren offered to buy Fernando Alonso a seat in the Indianapolis 500, but the Formula One champion told the team he was uncomfortable replacing a driver who had earned a spot in the race. Alonso, with McLaren, failed to qualify for next Sunday’s race, a humiliation for the proud racing team. McLaren CEO Zak Brown told The Associated …

Fernando Alonso to drive in Indy 500 for McLaren
6 years, 4 months ago

Fernando Alonso to drive in Indy 500 for McLaren

The Hindu  

Fernando Alonso will drive in the Indy 500 in 2019 for McLaren, the team confirmed on Saturday. The announcement comes as a surprise after McLaren boss Zak Brown revealed at the United States Grand Prix in October that the team had shelved plans to compete in IndyCar next year. READ | Hamilton claims milestone pole for Mercedes in Brazil However, …

McLaren to open contract talks with Fernando Alonso in 'middle of the year' as Zak Brown wants to keep him
7 years, 10 months ago

McLaren to open contract talks with Fernando Alonso in 'middle of the year' as Zak Brown wants to keep him

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