Dell Technologies has been the official innovation partner of McLaren Racing since 2018. Its Formula 1 team was one of the first adopters of Dell’s AI Factory.

Hello and welcome to F1 LIVE, GPblog's daily live blog, where you'll learn about the most interesting F1 stories of Saturday, 25 October 2025. Lewis Hamilton has told McLaren that one of the key factors in getting the better of Max Verstappen in a title fight in to be uncompromising.

IndyCar star Pato O'Ward was taken to the medical center shortly after his Mexico GP FP1 outing in Lando Norris' McLaren MCL39.

Max Verstappen topped second practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix – a session featuring all four front-running teams inside the top four places.

Japanese driver Ryo Hirakawa paid McLaren just over £2.5million to drive Oscar Piastri ’s car at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 31-year-old drove for McLaren in FP1 in the Persian Gulf at the end of last year, with the arrangement also including two Testing of Previous Car (TPC) events in preparation.

The new pieces are part of Abercrombie & Fitch's ongoing collaboration with the McLaren Formula 1 team, which first hit stores in 2023

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari had as strong start to the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend and can compete with a struggling Max Verstappen in race trim, but believes McLaren could be out of reach.FP1 saw nine rookies taking part and Leclerc topped the session,

Despite Max Verstappen's late challenge, McLaren feels it has made the right decision to stop development of its 2025 Formula 1 car early