Team advisor Helmut Marko has delivered a scathing assessment of Max Verstappen's performance in a telling admission of the RB20's struggles. The three-time champion finished Friday's second practice session in a dismal 15th place, a staggering 1.294 seconds behind pace-setter and championship rival Lando Norris.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown wants his team to avoid falling victim to a "poison" internal culture like the one he believes has plagued rivals Red Bull this season.

Max Verstappen’s Formula One race engineer, GianPiero Lambiase, has been promoted as part of a restructure within Red Bull Racing following the departure of sporting director Jonathan Wheatley. Wheatley will leave Red Bull in 2025 to become the team principal of Audi’s new F1 team,

McLaren Racing heads into the Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1’s hot new darlings and the team that just may be the ones to finally dethrone Red Bull and Max Verstappen

Norris and Piastri have combined to win two of the last three F1 races for McLaren, while Verstappen hasn't won since the Spanish Grand Prix on June 23. While the team has said it wants Norris to dethrone Verstappen, Brown knows it is a longshot unless Norris can start sledgehammering-away large chunks of Verstappen's lead every race.

Max Verstappen freely admits that the direction of his Formula 1 career is “up in the air” at the moment. Amid Red Bull’s performance

McLaren is ahead of Red Bull in the Formula 1 constructors’ race. Now for Lando Norris to put pressure on Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title. Oscar Piastri’s win last week at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix put McLaren top in the teams’ standings — the key to F1’s lavish prize money — but teammate Norris only took a small bite out of Verstappen’s lead.

Lando Norris insists he is still the driver with "nothing to lose" in his Formula 1 title fight with Max Verstappen. While slowly reeling in Verstappen in the drivers' championship, Norris has not taken full advantage of the drop-off in pace of the Red Bull in recent races.

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