McLaren boss Andrea Stella has confirmed Las Vegas Grand Prix upgrades will complement the team’s S\u00e3o Paulo package and provide the ‘foundation’ for its 2027 Formula 1 car.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The outgoing constructors’ champions sit fourth in the standings, fighting Red Bull for third, but Lando Norris’ victory at Interlagos signalled the start of another recovery, having returned to race-winning ways earlier in the campaign, only to slip back again.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
McLaren introduced a redesigned front wing, new rear and beam wings and floor revisions in Brazil. The front-wing concept is expected to carry over to next season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
After an underwhelming start to the season, the team regained winning pace with victories in Hungary and the Netherlands after its summer upgrades, before rival developments left it trailing again.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“After the upgrades in Hungary, it was encouraging that we were in position to win,” Stella told media, including RacingNews365.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“We should have won in Madrid, really. But after that, other teams took upgrades, and we lost this position.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I think we also paid the price for not having had great qualifying sessions. It would have been interesting to see Lando starting from the front in races like Austin or Mexico.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I think it would have been definitely a fight for the podium, but it’s thanks to these upgrades [in Brazil] that we are now in a condition to fight for the victory, combined with the conditions, surely.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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McLaren has a history of upgrades delivering immediate gains, notably with its 2023 Austrian package and Norris’ maiden victory following major Miami updates in 2024. Brazil provided further evidence of its development strength.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“And these upgrades, first of all, will be complemented by some more parts that will come in Las Vegas, and they form the foundation for what will be next year’s car,” Stella explained.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“So it’s encouraging for the trajectory of McLaren that we seem to be able to transform our development into performance on track, and it’s also important for McLaren that we had solid pit stops because we don’t come from a period of consistent pit stops, and also execution in these mixed conditions.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Because we have had some disappointing races, like in Canada, where we were starting with the intermediate tyres and the double, extra formation lap, it was unlucky, honestly.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“So it’s good that we were able to master these conditions at the pit wall as well. And I’m very proud to have seen the team operate at this very high level.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLaren boss Andrea Stella has confirmed Las Vegas Grand Prix upgrades will complement the team’s S\u00e3o Paulo package…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":970118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":["post-970117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=970117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/970118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=970117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=970117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}