Formula One champion McLaren will start the season next week "playing a bit defensively" with Ferrari and Mercedes expected to be setting the pace, team boss Andrea Stella said on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/27/more-sports/mclaren-new-f1-season/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #mclaren #andreastella
McLaren boss Andrea Stella says defending champion will start season on defense

McLaren is defending both titles this year after Britain's Lando Norris ended the four-year reign of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

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F1 news: McLaren boss reveals surprise truth about Oscar Piastri’s opening-lap move on Lando Norris

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella has explained how Oscar Piastri‘s spectacular first-lap pass on teammate Lando Norris at…
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McLaren team chief Andrea Stella admitted his team made a costly strategic blunder on Sunday that cost his title-chasing drivers a victory and a podium finish at the Qatar Grand Prix. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/01/more-sports/mclaren-costly-mistake-qatar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #mclaren #andreastella #landonorris #oscarpiastri #maxverstappen
McLaren boss admits team made costly strategy blunder during Qatar GP

McLaren's decision not to pit under an early safety car intervention when every other team pitted both drivers wrecked its hopes.

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Terremoto en el Mundial: Norris y Piastri, descalificados en Las Vegas por una infracción técnica

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McLaren boss Andrea Stella says the Formula One drivers' championship is still in his team's hands despite a dominant U.S. Grand Prix weekend for Red Bull's Max Verstappen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/21/more-sports/formula-one-mclaren-stella/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #mclaren #formulaone #andreastella
F1 drivers' championship still in McLaren's hands, says Stella

McLaren has already clinched the constructors' title for a second successive year and has Australian Oscar Piastri leading the drivers' standings.

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McLaren team boss Andrea Stella said a team orders controversy in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix was about putting McLaren's racing values first as well as fairness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/08/more-sports/mclaren-values-f1-title-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #mclaren #landonorris #oscarpiastri #andreastella #formulaone #italiangrandprix
McLaren team boss Andrea Stella addresses controversy over team orders

The reigning Formula One champion and runaway leader asked Oscar Piastri to hand back second place to teammate Lando Norris after the Briton suffered a slow pitstop.

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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris’ character after the Briton bounced back from a collision and race retirement in Canada to lead a McLaren 1-2 at the Austrian Grand Prix. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/30/more-sports/mclaren-stella-praise-norris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #landonorris #oscarpiastri #andreastella #mclaren
McLaren boss praises Lando Norris' character after Austrian GP triumph

Norris’ win cut the gap between him and Piastri at the top of the drivers' standings to 15 points.

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Andrea Stella spiega le ragioni dietro la strategia conservativa della McLaren

Verstappen ha vinto a Suzuka, seguito dalle McLaren di Norris e Piastri. Con una strategia prudente, il team britannico ha puntato al doppio podio, evitando rischi. In molti hanno criticato la mancanza di coraggio del team inglese...

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