McLaren’s revival: Norris, Piastri, Brown + Stella from the BTG Archive

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

2024 saw McLaren become Constructor World Champions for the first time since 1998.

Will they defend their title in 2025? And will Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri become the team’s first Drivers’ World Champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008?

Tom Clarkson has been digging through the F1 Beyond The Grid archives to find out how McLaren have transformed into the fastest team in Formula 1 and whether their success will continue in the new season.

Providing in-depth insight into the winning culture they’ve created at McLaren, you’ll hear interviews from Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, plus McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Team Principal Andrea Stella.

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0:00.0	This is the moment that McLaren dreamed of.
0:06.0	Lando Norris wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
0:09.0	McLaren are world champions of 2024.
0:14.0	They win the Constructors title for the first time since 1998.
0:19.0	Woohoo! Papyrant Tom!
0:23.6	In 2025,
0:26.6	In 2025, McLaren have a target on their back.
0:34.6	Will the Constructors' World Champions defend their title?
0:39.0	Will Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri deliver the team's first driver's championship
0:43.4	since Lewis Hamilton in 2008?
0:46.5	There are so many questions going into the new season,
0:49.5	and we're going to find clues to their answers in the F-1 Beyond the Grid Archive.
0:55.5	I'm Tom Clarkson, and in show we're taking you inside the McLaren camp to find out
1:00.5	how they've transformed into a winning machine and whether their success will continue in
1:05.5	2025 and beyond.
1:10.5	At times, even recently, it felt like McLaren would never end their 26-year wait to become
1:16.8	F-1's top team again.
1:19.1	Remember Bahrain in 2023 when one papaya car came home 17th and the other one retired?
1:26.1	The revival since then has been remarkable,
1:29.1	and I've spoken to the people behind it on F1 Beyond the Grid.
1:32.7	You're going to hear from team principal Andrea Stella,
1:35.6	as well as Lando and Oscar,
	...

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