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Formula 1 races take an unpredictable turn as McLaren boss Zak Brown revels in ‘best season’

LEBANON, Tenn. — After a thrilling Azerbaijan Grand Prix, it seems like nearly half the field is capable of winning races in Formula 1. McLaren chief executive Zak Brown, whose driver Lando Norris is Max Verstappen’s closest title challenger, says he’s enjoying the best show he’s seen in his eight years in F1. “I think this is the best season …

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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 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 …

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri endured a horror Formula 1 debut at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. After the race, McLaren CEO Zak Brown gave an initial assessment of why their new driver was forced to retire at the Bahrain International Circuit. We changed steering wheels but that doesn’t seem to have done the trick so we’ll have to diagnose …

With the engine rumbling and the tires smoking, Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo lived his childhood dream at Circuit of the Americas, where he was gifted a joy ride in one of the late Dale Earnhardt's cars. The Saturday morning drive around COTA — he turned a few laps and even spun some donuts — was a reward from McLaren …

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Formula One calendar a 'game of chess' due to COVID-19, says Mclaren boss Zak Brown

Formula One should emerge from the August break with a clearer calendar for the rest of the season but there are still plenty of possible scenarios due to COVID-19 and shifting circumstances, according to McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown. "I think once we come out of the summer break Stefano will know what hand he's been dealt in some of …

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Formula 1: Three positive COVID-19 cases at McLaren, including CEO Zak Brown

The British GP will go ahead in front of 140,000 fans around the Silverstone track. Silverstone: Three members of the McLaren Formula One team have tested positive for COVID-19, including chief executive officer Zak Brown, the British outfit announced Thursday, ahead of the British GP in Silverstone. “Neither of our drivers are close contacts,” McLaren said of Briton Lando Norris, …

Three members of the McLaren Formula One team have tested positive for COVID-19, including chief executive officer Zak Brown, the British outfit announced on Thursday, ahead of the British GP in Silverstone. "Neither of our drivers are close contacts," McLaren said of Briton Lando Norris, currently fourth in world championship standings, and Australian Daniel Ricciardo, standing 8th before the season's …

Daniel Ricciardo showed off McLaren's new Formula One car on Monday but the Australian also had his eye on something from his boss's private collection. He stood on the podium twice last year, winning a bet that obliged then-Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul to get a tattoo of his driver's choice. The inking has yet to happen, and Abiteboul has …

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

McLaren is in good financial shape after a troubled start to a year turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Formula One team's chief executive Zak Brown told reporters at the British Grand Prix. The McLaren Group secured a 150 million pound financing facility from the National Bank of Bahrain in June after earlier cutting staff amid plunging revenues …