Fans were waiting for fireworks from Max Verstappen and George Russell, but it ended up coming to pass from the the McLaren teammates instead. Russell converted

Zak Brown transformed McLaren Racing Ltd. from an ailing Formula 1 competitor to the winner of the team championship last year for the first time in 26 years. The California native has also navigated the Covid pandemic,

McLaren has quashed sensational claims that President Donald Trump is gearing up to pilot one of their Formula 1 cars at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin next week.These rumors flew after Trump,

McLaren 's dominance was tossed to one side on Saturday as George Russell grabbed pole for Mercedes at the Canadian Grand Prix. He will be joined on the front row by Red Bull 's Max Verstappen two weeks after their controversial on-track collision in Spain.

Only twice this season has McLaren failed end Friday practice at the top of the time sheet. The first was at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, where the form guide was still taking shape following a brief pre-season testing campaign. The second was Monaco, the sport’s most extreme outlier.