McLaren “need to up our game in all areas” after losses to Alpine

In brief

No Silverstone upgrade for McLaren

“If you look at the last two races there’s definitely a trend that we have been falling back compared to Alpine especially,” he said after the Canadian Grand Prix. “Also some other cars were showing signs of improvement like the Astons on Friday.

“So it is clear that we need to up our game in all areas,” he added. “Reliability, operational strength and performance, make sure we stay in this battle for P4.

However he confirmed the team does not intend to bring any significant updates to this weekend’s race.

“Our idea is to keep learning about the car and apply these learnings in order to extract more out of the package,” he said. “So far, there’s no plans for any major upgrade for various reasons, including managing the cost cap as well. So that’s where we are.”

F1 brings back Thursday press conference

The drivers’ press conference, which was moved back to Friday at the beginning of 2022, will return to Thursday at this weekend’s British Grand Prix. F1 had moved the session back in the hope it would allow teams to send some of their staff to the circuit later and reduce their travel burden.

However postponing the pre-event press conference to Friday left a very narrow window for coverage of the session to be published before track action began. Returning the conference to its original time slot will rectify that.

McLaren present Formula E car

McLaren revealed the colour scheme for the ‘Gen3’ Formula E car they will race when the team enters the series next year. They will be the only team competing in Formula 1, IndyCar, Formula E and Extreme E.

Links

Motor racing links of interest:

Formula 1 scripted series in the works at Hulu with driver Ricciardo (The Hollywood Reporter)

'The Disney-backed streamer is teaming with driver Daniel Ricciardo to develop a half-hour scripted series that is set in the world of Formula 1 racing.'

British Grand Prix contract extension at Silverstone 'should be easy decision', says boss (ITV)

'We're certainly committed to enhancing and developing the British Grand Prix, so I hope that will make it an easy decision for all parties to make when we eventually have that conversation.'

Verstappen 'very clearly' prioritised by Red Bull as Perez title hopes quashed (The Mirror)

Romain Grosjean: 'Max is the number one and Sergio is number two. That is the way Red Bull has always worked and all the radio communications you get in the race, even in Baku, the message to Perez was 'no fighting'.'

'Silverstone will be our biggest race ever' (W Series)

'Next year, we would like to have a good geographical spread of drivers and races again, and I’m hopeful we’ll get at least two new races on the calendar, if not more.'

Maiden wins and confidence builders: moments that made Marino Sato (F2)

'You don’t have so many people around your car until you get to F1. We have maybe two mechanics on the car but that day I had four just on each tyre.”'

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Social media

Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:

Following recent reports about an increase in ticket fraud at major events we ask fans to be extra vigilant when purchasing tickets for the F1 British GP. We do not work with ticket resellers and fans should only purchase directly from the circuit or from official coach operators pic.twitter.com/bIUTCFYePB

— Silverstone (@SilverstoneUK) June 24, 2022

I just love Silverstone GP weekend. The village becomes from the quietest place on earth to be full of F1 fans and it is literally the best thing ever!!

— Carlos Sanchez (@CarlosSMF1) June 24, 2022

In a first of its kind, together with @F1, in 2022 we created a low sensory pit lane walk so our friends with sensory sensitivities could get amongst the action ⭐#AusGP #F1 #Inclusive #Accessible #Diverse #PitLaneWalk @ACDvic_ & @AmazeAutismAU pic.twitter.com/JQouARzaxD

— F1 Australian Grand Prix (@ausgrandprix) June 27, 2022

Special day when you get to speak in Parliament!

Enjoyed being in the lineup of speakers alongside @F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, @ourmotorsportuk Chair David Richards, @MercedesAMGF1 CTO James Allison & @ZeroPetroleum founder Paddy Lowe discussing future technology in motorsport. pic.twitter.com/0lSmqw6K5v

— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) June 27, 2022

25 year old poster celebrating 350 F1 Grand Prix victories for Goodyear: "more wins than all other tyre manufacturers combined". Now with 368 wins, they still hold the record despite having pulled out of F1 in 1998. Pirelli are still 97 races behind. pic.twitter.com/heoLfGAKYR

— Duncan Stephen (@vee8) June 27, 2022

• Find more official F1 accounts to follow in the F1 Twitter Directory

Comment of the day

The lack of classic cars it partly why @Tommy-C isn’t in a hurry to buy F1 22:

I feel like F1 2020 was the peak (at least until VR is available for PS). I was excited to get this game when I first heard it was going to have VR compatibility but that evaporated when it was announced it would be for PC only.

The absence of historic cars means there’s little incentive to spend more money on what is basically the same game I’ve been playing for years.
@Tommy-C

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