Overview
- At a McLaren team event in Woking, Zak Brown told Oscar Piastri, “You had f***ing Alpine,” during on-stage remarks to staff and drivers.
- Footage from the ceremony spread widely on social media, with coverage characterizing the segment as a roast-style routine.
- Oscar Piastri joked the season had “worn us pretty thin… not quite as thin as our planks in Las Vegas,” drawing boos before adding, “We can laugh about it now.”
- Both McLarens were disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix after FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer confirmed excessive plank wear on each car.
- The celebration followed McLaren clinching both titles, with Lando Norris winning his first drivers’ championship and the squad collecting its trophies.