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\"Lando<\/p>\n

By Andrew Clarke<\/p>\n

Date posted: 4 August 2026<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri has conceded McLaren\u2019s performance level has fallen short of where the team wants it to be through the first half of the 2026 Formula 1 season, describing the campaign so far as \u201cdefinitely up and down\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Australian and teammate Lando Norris, who carries the number 1 on his MCL40 after winning the 2025 world championship, both used McLaren\u2019s summer break media commitments to acknowledge the squad has slipped from the standard it set last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve come close to some victories and had a few podiums, which has been good, but we obviously set the bar pretty high last year,\u201d Piastri said. \u201cWe\u2019ve also had a fair share of issues, whether it be difficult races or reliability problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norris was equally direct about where the team sits.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a team, and with the car, we\u2019re certainly not quite at the level we want to be at, or we were at last season,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re not happy with that, we\u2019ve been disappointed with our own performance, but we\u2019re working hard to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

New regulations force a reset for both drivers<\/p>\n

Formula 1\u2019s 2026 rules package has overhauled both chassis and power unit design, and Piastri said the change had been more far-reaching than anything he had experienced previously.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this rule set is just so different in so many ways,\u201d he said. \u201cThis regulation change has been like a completely fundamental change to how you drive a racecar, in some ways. It\u2019s been a huge reset for us, for me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norris pointed to the power unit and the tyres as the areas demanding the most adaptation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends a lot more on the battery, and you have to adjust to understand how to make that work,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s certain things you need to try and do at times to try and help the battery, there\u2019s certain styles that maybe work a little bit more than previous years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tyres have also forced a change of approach. \u201cYou can\u2019t be as attacking as in previous years with the tyres,\u201d Norris said.<\/p>\n

Barcelona low point followed by Austria bounce back<\/p>\n

Piastri nominated Japan and Miami as his strongest weekends of the first half, along with fourth place in Austria, which came after what he called one of his most difficult rounds of the year in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarcelona was definitely one of the more difficult weekends of the year, and I had to learn a lot from that one and improve quite a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Austria I felt like I really had to stretch myself a bit more and try some new things, and just go about driving in a slightly different way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2026 season has also given the 25-year-old more licence to experiment than a title fight would allow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stakes aren\u2019t quite as high at the moment as what they were, especially compared to last year,\u201d Piastri said. \u201cThere\u2019s a little bit less pressure, which means you\u2019re able to try new things and experiment a little bit more, and see how you can improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hungary win points to McLaren\u2019s recovery<\/p>\n

McLaren\u2019s victory at the Hungaroring, which followed an upgrade package, has given the team something concrete to build on heading into the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting to see the benefits of that hard work. Our win in Hungary came as a result of strong upgrades to the car, but we need to keep pushing and keep developing if we\u2019re going to continue to fight for wins,\u201d Norris said.<\/p>\n

The reigning champion added that McLaren has yet to fully understand the MCL40. \u201cWe don\u2019t feel like we have fully clicked with our understanding of this car just yet,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have all the time in the world in Formula 1, so we need to try and bring those improvements as soon as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norris also said he was satisfied with his own driving despite the results. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve driven better in this half of the season than I probably did to this point last year, to a certain extent, but I\u2019m not leading the championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Piastri draws on the 2023 turnaround<\/p>\n

Piastri said McLaren\u2019s recovery from a poor start to the 2023 season gave him confidence the team could climb the order again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2023, we were in a much worse position than where we are now, and we were able to really jump up the order to fight for podiums,\u201d he said. \u201cYes, things are different, the cars are different, maybe the way we will make that step will look different. But we\u2019ve made that step before, and I\u2019m confident we can do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both drivers said their working relationship remained a strength as the team develops its way back to the front. Norris said the pair \u201coften have very similar feedback\u201d, while Piastri described their approach as \u201cstrong, productive conversations together with the team all pushing for the same goal\u201d.<\/p>\n

Piastri\u2019s target for the second half is straightforward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to be able to be challenging for wins again, as I have done at the Hungaroring,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we can start challenging for wins then we can start thinking about what we can achieve in the championship. But first and foremost, we need to just make sure we\u2019re getting the most out of the car and ourselves every weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

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