McLaren upgrades revealed for Azerbaijan GP as H-Wing returns
McLaren will test the new parts in free practice before deciding whether to keep them on the car for the rest of the weekend.
- McLaren will reintroduce the "H-Wing" upgrade to the MCL40 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, alongside a wider aerodynamic package for evaluation during free practice this weekend.
- Oscar Piastri approaches the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a "love-hate" relationship with the Baku track, hoping for a repeat of his 2024 success rather than his 2025 calamity.
- Regarding MCL40 development, Piastri noted he feels well-supported by the team, agreeing "I've definitely felt that we're throwing everything we can at trying to improve."
- Chief technical officer Rob Marshall acknowledged the challenge of balancing new parts development with 2027 work, saying "We must balance that with work on next year" while prioritizing 2026 performance.
- Lando Norris holds fourth in the Drivers standings, trailing Lewis Hamilton by five points, while Piastri sits seventh, 66 points behind Norris after a dispiriting eighth-place finish in Spain.
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To progress, aware of having to deal with a circuit anything other than simple. Oscar Piatti is preparing for the GP of Azerbaijan, fifteenth act of the World Championship 2026 of Formula 1 staged this weekend on the city track of Baku, exceptionally Saturday 26 September. The McLaren driver told himself extensively in the average day gone on [...]
The McLaren driver at the Baku conference: "This track represents a relationship of love and hate: here I have lived both my best race ever, and my worst. It's an enlivened track where trust plays a fundamental role and forces you to always push yourself to the limit, with a rare combination for a citizen made of violent detachments and maximum precision. It's an extremely interesting challenge, but for this season I definitely hope that the fin…
The Baku City Circuit is tricky: sometimes he rewards, sometimes he punishes. McLaren pilot Oscar Piastri knows both sides. The Australian also explains that he slowly becomes friends with his car.
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