Craig Scarborough takes a first look at the 2026 F1 McLaren MCL40-Mercedes, the car with which Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri hope to continue their prodigious run of success.
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18 Comments
Imagine MC40 drops down the grid!
Welcome to indycar, they all look like a dallara.
They had a chance if they let the engines of different configurations like flat 6, narrow V, wide V, even inline 6 which would have resulted in different looking cars.
I think looking at the rear of the McLaren they have made a mini diffuser next to the main one where the mercedes hole is
I think Scarbs contention that the suspension was tuned for one driver in one half of the year and for the other in the other half of the year is misleading as it gives the impression of favoring drivers. Lando wasnt happy with the car and they made a small adjustment to the suspension to give him more feel. This was offered to Oscar as well but Oscar after testing preferred the car the way it was. So for a period the cars were not identical at the wishes of the drivers. Each driver was happy with his car.
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Pictures with arrows or boxes to point out the technical details can help these tech vids.
The front wings opening and closing creeps me out!
Does it really work?
Can not wait for Aston M
I can't wait for Scarbs to analyse the Aston
Everyone is sandbagging until we get to Australia
It will be fascinating to see how Zac screws Oscar out of the championship again this year.
“Everyone plays with it in different ways (1:41)” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If scarbs was a black woman theyd have him as tech lead on the tv
What can't they have different suspension set ups for both drivers?
Feel like McLaren is just at the shakedown with a base car and you’ll see an evolution at Bahrain
How many rear tyres will get destroyed in first corner incidents with these new front wing end plates jutting out ?
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