McLaren Says Teams ‘Must Be Open’ to Formula 1 ‘Reinventing Itself’

McLaren says teams ‘must be open’ to Formula 1 ‘reinventing itself’

© XPB  Michael Delaney 14/08/2025 at 14:2414/08/2025 at 14:19 McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has praised Formula 1’s leadership for steering the sport to unprecedented growth – but says teams must remain open to bold new ideas if that success is to continue. As F1 basks in its global surge in popularity, Stella insists that...

McLaren ‘open to reinventing’ to maintain F1 growth amid reverse grid proposal

McLaren boss Andrea Stella says Formula 1 teams need to be “open to reinventing” as he gave his view on the sport rejigging how Grand Prix weekends are run. Since Liberty Media acquired the commercial rights to F1 from Bernie Ecclestone in 2017, the sport has been progressing towards an ‘Americanised’ model of live entertainment. This approach has paid dividends with F1 amassing a whopping $3.6 billion in terms of revenue last year. A core strat…