Chequered Flag Extra: McLaren’s Meteoric Rise

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Harry Benjamin and the BBC’s F1 correspondent Andrew Benson discuss McLaren’s constructors’ title victory. We talk about their rise from worst team at the start of 2023, to two-time champions by the end of 2025. But now that this title is wrapped up, how will they manage the ongoing battle for the drivers’ championship between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris?

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