Qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was red-flagged after a brake exploded on Alex Albon's Williams. read more »

One area that has changed significantly and has caused some early dramas for a number of teams is the brakes.Teams had built a reliance on the brake assembly for a number of... read more »

McLaren has struggled for pace since the Bahrain test, where the main focus was on resolving a brake cooling issue.After a disappointing Sakhir race saw the orange cars finish... read more »

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl has revealed that the team's progress with their 2022 challenger, the MCL36, has curtailed development due to their ongoing brake cooling... read more »

After encountering brake problems in Bahrain testing, McLaren had to divert its resources into coming up with a solution prior to last weekend's race.While that was... read more »

His team boss Christian Horner conceded that with three unrelated major problems to solve the team had faced a "busy few days" addressing the problems that preceded... read more »

McLaren were left scratching their head as to why a brake problem only appeared during the test in Bahrain and not in simulations. read more »

The Woking-based team enjoyed a strong first test in Barcelona, but it all went wrong in the second week in Bahrain when it encountered brake overheating problems.That limited... read more »

Sunday's race featured plenty of action through the field, including a thrilling battle at the front as Max Verstappen made a series of ultimately unsuccessful attempts to... read more »

Max Verstappen's season-opening race in Bahrain ended in an abrupt retirement on Sunday evening, however the reigning World Champion was suffering from multiple issues all... read more »

Following an encouraging first test with the MCL36 in Barcelona the team was on the back foot from the start of last week's Sakhir test after suffering brake cooling... read more »

Andreas Seidl has described McLaren's new brake ducts as an "interim solution" to solve the overheating issue that plagued the team's pre-season F1 test in... read more »

McLaren are not planning on making their current brake-duct fix a permanent solution. read more »

Following a difficult test for the team at Sakhir last week, as it was left battling brake overheating problems, the Woking-based outfit endured ongoing frustrations in Friday... read more »

Pierre Gasly was fastest in the slower FP1 session for AlphaTauri, before Verstappen set the quickest time of the day - under the floodlights in FP2 - at... read more »

The team suffered with brake cooling issues throughout last week's Bahrain pre-season test and its programme was badly disrupted, with Lando Norris unable to complete long... read more »

The issue was mainly attributed to the design of its front brake assembly, with Lando Norris unable to do more than a few consecutive laps before the brakes overheated.It was... read more »

Lando Norris has labelled McLaren's Bahrain pre-season test as "less than ideal" and warned the team was behind on "where we can say we're... read more »

Lando Norris has admitted that McLaren is 'behind where it wants to be' after brake issues curtailed its running at the second Formula 1 pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »

Lando Norris reckons every team is "quite even" behind Formula 1's leading three contenders and that McLaren has to regard Haas as a rival. McLaren endured a... read more »

In the high temperatures at Sakhir the team discovered that it had insufficient cooling to its front brakes, which restricted any long runs.New parts were flown in for... read more »

Brake problems put McLaren on the "back foot" and meant their Bahrain test "didn't go to plan", says team boss Andreas Seidl. read more »

Jost Capito blames a simple procedural problem for the brake fire that marred the teams running on day two of the final test. read more »

McLaren have had to ship in new components to try and fix their pre-season testing brake problems. read more »

Nicholas Latifi was forced to slow on track after a fire emerged at the rear of his Williams FW44 car during the morning session at the Bahrain International Circuit, before... read more »