The McLaren Formula 1 team’s been here before. A long time ago, in a very different era under very different leadership.

“I wish I had to wait for him when we were racing together. The f----r was always in front of me,” David Coulthard jokes about former team-mate Mika Hakkinen. The once ‘Flying Finn’ had just returned ...

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David Coulthard revealed that back in his McLaren days, he had the chance to be a “space tourist”. That offer worth $20 million was also extended to then team-mate Mika Hakkinen – courtesy of McLaren ...

Former McLaren teammates Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard have praised Aussie star Oscar Piastri but say it's time for him to think about himself, not the team. The Herald Sun can reveal that ...

Drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz let their disdain for their respective teams show over team radio at the Miami Grand Prix, with the latter falling foul to a team orders mix-up that meant ...

Few races in the last 25 years of Formula 1 can attest to providing the same kind of drama the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix offered. From the huge start-line pile-up to the shock 1-2 for Jordan, there are ...

On his way to a second world title, Fittipaldi took one of just two pole positions for McLaren that year, outpacing Brabham’s Carlos Reutemann by 0.24s; the Argentinian led Lotus’ Ronnie Peterson ...

In Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri achieved a feat that only 26 Formula 1 drivers previously accomplished. The McLaren driver took pole position with just a 0.012s gap to team-mate Lando ...

When Ferrari, albeit reluctantly, put its weight behind Eddie Irvine in Formula 1's 1999 title hunt, it did so against all convention. Sure, it was a necessity after Michael Schumacher's leg-breaking ...

Hakkinen duly took the flag, fol-low-ed over the line by Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Irvine and Heidfeld, then took his time over the slowing-down lap, savoring long moments of pleasure in a season ...