Overview

• McLaren tops the constructors’ standings on 559 points, sitting 299 clear of Ferrari at the midseason shutdown.
• Oscar Piastri holds a slender nine-point advantage over Lando Norris as the drivers prepare for the final 10 races.
• Zak Brown’s open letter reminds staff that any resting on laurels risks losing the edge honed by McLaren’s superior chassis, brakes and tyre cooling.
• Team principal Andrea Stella’s engineering-led approach has cultivated a unified culture that employees say they would “follow into any battle.”
• With three races—Zandvoort, Monza and Azerbaijan—remaining before Formula 1 resumes, McLaren could seal a second straight constructors’ crown as early as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.