Andrea Stella remains "optimistic" about Daniel Ricciardo's future with McLaren, praising his driver's continued positivity with the team. read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella has conceded the team was surprised to be able to contest so closely with Mercedes and Red Bull at times this season. read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella believes difficulties with the car characteristics of the MCL35M are "typical" and not specific to the team. read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella has compared Daniel Ricciardo to a 'musician learning to play the guitar'. read more »

McLaren plan to continue upgrading their MCL35M into the second half of the season, according to racing director Andrea Stella. read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella has revealed his team plans to continue to upgrade its 2021 Formula 1 car after the summer break even though it introduced some new parts... read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella has compared Daniel Ricciardo adapting to their car to the lengthy process of a musician learning to play an instrument to a high standard. read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella has confirmed the team will continue to bring updates to the MCL35M into the second half of the season. read more »

McLaren were lucky to get both cars through to Q3 at Silverstone on Friday afternoon, but sixth and seventh on the grid was a good result for the team, according to Andrea Stella. read more »

Andrea Stella was pleased with Friday's work at McLaren as Daniel Ricciardo placed second fastest to Max Verstappen at the Red Bull Ring. read more »

Mercedes has added Chinese karter Yuanpu Cui to its young driver academy. Cui, from the Chinese city of Xi'an, began racing professionally in 2014 and currently competes... read more »

McLaren F1 Team's Andrea Stella says it's great to be back racing on the streets of Monaco, but the team were 'fighting against the clock' to get test runs... read more »

Finding his feet at McLaren, Andrea Seidl reckons the Woking team will now start to see the "real benefit" of signing Daniel Ricciardo. read more »

McLaren's Andrea Stella described the Friday practice sessions as 'busy' and 'difficult' in the changing and challenging conditions in Portugal. read more »

After two fantastic rounds for McLaren the whole team have their sights firmly set on the next round in Portimao. read more »

The McLaren team are positive after a strong opening day of practice in Bahrain, but know it can all change tomorrow. read more »

Lando Norris's 2020 season was a step-up on his rookie year, and Andrea Stella says that was largely due to his improved awareness. read more »

McLaren Formula 1 racing director Andrea Stella says the close relationship between Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris encouraged both men to open their "box of secrets"... read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella believes the atmosphere within the team encouraged Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris to share information. read more »

Although McLaren made great strides in 2020, the team's racing director Andrea Stella said the final destination remains "some miles away". read more »

Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso says he "completely finished" his soft rear tyre in Sunday's MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix, which left him 13th read more »

Aleix Espargaro hopes Andrea Iannone can "be back soon" to bring a "better balance" to the Aprilia MotoGP team as the current situation with tester Bradley... read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella has worked with several iconic Formula 1 drivers, and he sees similar "elements" in Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. read more »

McLaren racing director Andrea Stella and other key figures from the team are voluntarily remaining in Melbourne for the next two weeks in support of colleagues in quarantine... read more »

McLaren continue their impressive form in winter testing on Day 1 of Test 2 read more »