LawVS - The Ladder Man

McLaren backed Lando Norris and got the trophy. Then Oscar Piastri said Red Bull interest is 'flattering.'

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McLaren's 2025 settlement is now costing them as the team is not winning...at all. Norris said in Melbourne he'd retire from Formula 1 rather than leave McLaren. Then Piastri called Red Bull interest 'flattering' before Canada. And Zak Brown's 'contracts aside' answer to The Athletic does more work than anyone noticed...that perhaps the bill from last year isn't fulfilling the deal made with number 81.

When you then consider the McLaren orange machine now spans F1, IndyCar, WEC GTs, an incoming Hypercar programme, F1 Academy and golf?! Yeah, things are I think suffering. McLaren is too thin.

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McLaren Won By Backing The Wrong Driver
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Welcome to the new McLaren-Red Bull war.

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So Red Bull's team principal, Laurent Mekies, sat next to Stella at the FIA press conference in Canada and repeated the Lambiase team principal claim. Again. Three weeks after he'd already said it in Miami. So much for peace between teams then...why did he do that?

Well, this encounter tells me that how Mekies duels with McLaren and how Horner duelled with McLaren are two very different things. Andrea Stella and Zak Brown must prepare for a new strategy from their recent rivals. Because those biscuits of theirs? They're NEW!

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Red Bull Just SHATTERED McLaren's Playbook
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What happens when the gods get involved with George Russell?

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George Russell's chances of a world title took a major blow thanks to his F1 car's battery conking out on him whilst Kimi Antonelli secured a record-making fourth win in a row. Meanwhile, the old titans Hamilton and Verstappen duked it out for second in polished fashion whilst Franco Colapinto NAILED another points finish for Alpine...and as for McLaren? The less said about them the better

Who else won, lost or were just plain meh?

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The 2026 F1 Canada Winners and Losers
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Lewis Hamilton walked into Canada this week and said people are trying to retire him.

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Esteban Ocon's denial and Lewis Hamilton's pushback may be reactions to the same situation...and all the while, Oliver Bearman's patience is forcing Ferrari's hand. Why do I think this? Well, when you look back to Mattia Binotto's February 2020 statements about Sebastian Vettel and then dismissal three months later? It tells us about how Ferrari handles champions who don't deliver fast enough.

Drivers don't write their own endings in this sport...Ferrari has entered succession mode while Hamilton is still speaking in dynasty mode. Two very different conversations...I hope Lewis can turn things around.

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Ocon's Real Fight Is At Maranello
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Mercedes' Bradley Lord tried to retire the Max Verstappen story...but Max himself said did that already.

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At the same time as the N24, Toto Wolff's deputy Bradley Lord went on a German channel and tried to retire the Max Verstappen story (arguably Toto's successor-in-training). He said Max's anger about the 2026 regulations is fading because Red Bull's getting better. Problem is that, Max himself said the opposite back around Miami... that doesn't happen by accident. So why did the comms guy do it now? And what's actually being closed here? Let's talk about that. I think Mercedes want the Max story BURIED.

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Mercedes Just Walked Away From Max Verstappen
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