McLaren admits Mercedes customer team status has become a disadvantage in F1 2026
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McLaren's Customer Team Disadvantage Clear After Monaco DNF
McLaren, in what has become a troubling pattern, failed to have one of their cars finish in Monaco, marking a second major DNF for the team this season. They have struggled with electrical problems at multiple points this season — McLaren suffered a pre-race double DNF with both drivers failing to race in China. Additionally, lead driver Lando Norris had to use a new battery in Japan, even though he had switched to a new one at the start of the …
Why McLaren is suffering more as a customer under new rules
McLaren feels that it is suffering as a customer team for the first time as the consequences of not being Mercedes’ works team become clearer in Formula 1’s new engine era.Lando Norris retired from the Monaco Grand Prix with an issue related to the power unit, the latest of several technical problems McLaren has endured this year.After starting the season slightly surprised by how far behind Mercedes it was in understanding how to fully exploit …
After McLaren F1 won a double podium in Miami and seemed to have reached a performance course, the racing weekends in Montreal and Monaco did not go as planned. Lando Norris gave up twice because of mechanical problems, Oscar Piastri suffered an accident in Canada, but the most worrying is certainly the lack of performance shown by the MCL40 in the Principality this weekend, with a qualification in the fourth line. For Andrea Stella, the team (.…
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