Norris receives a big boost in his bid for a second world title with McLaren

The Woking-based team won the constructors’ championship for the second season in a row, while Norris was also able to celebrate his first F1 drivers' championship world title.

Norris was guided through the campaign by his long-serving race engineer, who is also McLaren’s Director of Race Engineering. It was therefore expected that the partnership would continue in 2026. GPblog has learned that this is indeed the case.

Nothing changes on the other side of the garage either. In 2026, Oscar Piastri will once again have his regular race engineer, Tom Stallard. The former Olympic rowing medallist, who has worked with the Australian at McLaren since Piastri arrived from Alpine.

Previously, Stallard worked in the same role with Stoffel Vandoorne, Carlos Sainz, and Daniel Ricciardo during their time at McLaren.

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