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McLaren hires top Red Bull engineer Rob Marshall as new F1 technical director

Marshall will leave reigning constructors’ champion Red Bull at the end of the 2023 season, although steps back from his current role with immediate effect, to bring his 17-year stint in Milton Keynes to an end.

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McLaren hires Red Bull engineering chief Marshall as new F1 technical director

Marshall will leave reigning constructors' champion Red Bull at the end of the 2023 season, although he steps back from his current role with immediate effect, to bring his 17-year stint in Milton Keynes to an end.

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How McLaren’s F1 hopes rest on a game of millimetres

The team was open, ever since it first revealed its 2023 challenger, that the launch specification was not where it wanted to be, and that a new development path was needed.

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How McLaren's F1 hopes rest on a "game of millimetres"

The team was open, ever since it first revealed its 2023 challenger, that the launch specification was not where it wanted to be, and that a new development path was needed.

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Leclerc: Vasseur now only getting started after initially evaluating team

Vasseur, the former boss of the Alfa Romeo F1 team and Sauber CEO, started work at the helm of the Scuderia in January of this year following the winter resignation of the under-fire Mattia Binotto.

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Leclerc: Vasseur only just starting with Ferrari F1 changes

Vasseur, the former boss of the Alfa Romeo F1 team and Sauber CEO, started work at the helm of the Scuderia in January of this year following the winter resignation of the under-fire Mattia Binotto.

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Stella: McLaren DNA problems stem from outdated F1 methodologies

Despite the landmark shift to the ground-effect design regulations for 2022, the MCL36 of last season was still blighted by the same mid-corner handling unpredictability as its 2021 predecessor.

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McLaren F1 car weakest in off-brake and off-throttle zones - Stella

Team boss Andrea Stella reckons despite the floor damage sustained by Lando Norris and a brake-by-wire failure for Oscar Piastri, a Miami result of 17th and 19th is a "reality check".

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Indy 500 winner de Ferran returns to McLaren F1 as consultant

Following the winter departure of team principal Andreas Seidl, who is now CEO of Sauber, his replacement Andrea Stella led a full review of the operation in conjunction with boss Zak Brown.

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Brown: McLaren F1 car "still has too much drag" despite floor upgrade

McLaren introduced a new package in Baku which represented the car it felt it should have started the season with, adhering to a different floor philosophy that tried to address the lack of efficiency of the Woking team's launch spec MCL35.

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Norris: "has even more faith" in McLaren F1 after technical revamp

After realising too late it was pursuing a concept that would lead to a less efficient car design, the MCL60's draggy launch spec hamstrung the Woking team both in lap time and in its ability to overtake other cars.

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Norris "has even more faith" in McLaren F1 after technical revamp

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Why "everyone wants to be part" of McLaren's F1 rebuild

Whether you want to call McLaren a fallen giant or a just sleeping one, it has to be said CEO Zak Brown and new team principal Andrea Stella are leaving no stone unturned to wake it back up.

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Red Bull gap shows 2022 F1 rules less restrictive than expected - McLaren

For 2022, F1 switched to a car concept based around exploiting the ground effect from the floor, with the aim of making it easier for drivers to race each other by reducing the turbulent wake.

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Brown: Seidl departure helped with "aggressive" F1 technical review at McLaren

After the Saudi Arabian GP, the team announced that technical director James Key had left and that a new arrangement had been put in place headed by three technical directors, namely Peter Prodromou (aerodynamics), Davide Sanchez (car concept and performance) and Neil Houldey (engineering and design).

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Norris 'not driving at the level I want' with difficult McLaren F1 car

Norris endured a messy qualifying session at Albert Park and took 13th in Q2 following slip-ups on his hotlaps, finishing three tenths off Williams's Alex Albon - who was the last driver to make the top 10 cut-off.

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Lando Norris backs tough F1 choices McLaren had to make

A review conducted by team principal Andrea Stella at the request of CEO Zak Brown has led to the departure of erstwhile McLaren technical director James Key.

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Norris backs tough choices McLaren F1 team had to make

A review conducted by team principal Andrea Stella at the request of CEO Zak Brown has led to the departure of erstwhile McLaren technical director James Key.

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McLaren planning "B-spec" upgrade before F1 summer break

McLaren started the 2023 season with a draggy car after taking the wrong direction in floor development last winter.

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McLaren planning "kind of B-spec" upgrade before F1 summer break

McLaren started the 2023 season with a draggy car after taking the wrong direction in floor development last winter.

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McLaren lands senior Aston F1 aerodynamicist amid aggressive recruitment push

In the wake of the restructuring of its technical department last week which included the departure of technical director James Key and confirmation that former Ferrari man David Sanchez will join in 2024, McLaren has been pushing hard to sign further top-level personnel.

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“No excuses” for F1 teams chasing Red Bull - McLaren boss Stella

Stella says Red Bull has simply done everything better than the rest and that now it’s a question of trying to match that progress.

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Stella: “No excuses” for F1 teams chasing Red Bull

Stella says that the Milton Keynes outfit has simply done everything better than others and that now it’s a question of trying to match that progress.

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F1: McLaren announce team shake-up after miserable start to 2023 season

McLaren announced the departure of technical director James Key on Thursday after the Formula One team failed to score a point in the first two races of the season.

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Why McLaren's revamp is not just about its 2023 F1 car struggles

It often happens in F1 that lacklustre performance from a new car triggers the departure of the senior technical figures that pulled it together.

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