‘Critically important’ | McLaren CEO: Early F1 season success thanks to 'world-class HR department'

It's lights out…and away we go! 2025’s Formula One season is well underway, with McLaren enjoying statement victories in Australia (courtesy of Lando Norris) and China (Oscar Piastri).

McLaren's emphatic one-two finish in Shanghai was only the seventh time the feat has been achieved within the first two races of a Formula One season, cementing early leads for the team in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships.

Even from fierce rivals, praise has been generous and admiration free-flowing. George Russell, driver for Mercedes, admitted before the race in China that McLaren's advantage over the competition is “bigger than Red Bull has ever had.”

Glowing feedback, considering Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won each of the last four Drivers’ Championships.