SINGAPORE — McLaren secured its second successive Method 1 constructors’ championship on the Singapore Grand Prix.
The staff efficiently defended the title with Sunday’s consequence, which noticed Lando Norris end on the rostrum and drivers’ championship chief Oscar Piastri end one place behind in fourth.
McLaren’s dominant season has made the championship a formality because the August summer season break. The staff has claimed 12 victories this yr — seven of which have been 1-2 finishes.
The staff has not received a drivers’ championship since Lewis Hamilton’s maiden title in 2008 however each its drivers are preventing to win it this yr. Piastri leads Norris within the championship by 22 factors after Singapore, with Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen 63 behind Piastri in third place.
McLaren’s turnaround has been one of many outstanding tales of Method 1’s trendy period. When CEO Zak Brown took over in 2016, McLaren was in a failing partnership with Honda and often failing to progress out of the primary session of qualifying.
The staff has since cycled by means of engine offers with Honda and present companion Mercedes, which has proved to be a successful partnership. Brown oversaw the staff’s first win in a decade on the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.
Group boss Andrea Stella, employed the next yr, has been a key half within the puzzle in McLaren displacing Crimson Bull because the grid’s main outfit.
Former Crimson Bull designer Rob Marshall has additionally performed an necessary position in overseeing the class-leading vehicles of the previous two years.
Drivers Norris and Piastri are each tied down with McLaren long run, till a minimum of 2027 and 2028, respectively.
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