McLaren at Monaco: third in the standings, but Canada stalled the push
McLaren heads to the Monaco Grand Prix on 2026-06-07 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco sitting 3rd in the 2026 constructors’ standings on 106 points. Lando Norris is 5th in the drivers’ standings on 58 points, and Oscar Piastri is 6th on 48.
That is the clean read on McLaren right now: third overall, but still without a win in 2026. Canada was supposed to help turn the corner; instead, it left the team still chasing Mercedes and Ferrari.
McLaren is 41 points behind Ferrari and 113 behind Mercedes, with 0 wins as of 2026-05-28. Mercedes, by contrast, already has five wins, which is why Monaco feels less like a celebration stop and more like a reset chance.
| Category | Position | Name | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructors | 3rd | McLaren | 106 | 0 |
| Drivers | 5th | Lando Norris | 58 | 0 |
| Drivers | 6th | Oscar Piastri | 48 | 0 |
Formula1.com’s live championship state on 2026-05-28 is the reference point here. One standings snippet listed McLaren as 1st, but the live official table shows McLaren 3rd on 106 points, behind Mercedes on 219 and Ferrari on 147.
| Constructor | Points | Wins | Gap to McLaren |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes | 219 | 5 | 113 ahead |
| Ferrari | 147 | 0 | 41 ahead |
| McLaren | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Bull | 57 | 0 | 49 behind |
Why Canada hurt McLaren’s momentum
Canada mattered because McLaren arrived there with the second stage of its two-part 2026 upgrade plan. Mercedes arrived with its first major upgrade package of 2026. That alone made the weekend a direct comparison point.
Then McLaren made the call that defined the discussion: it started on intermediate tyres. Andrea Stella defended it as the right call in the conditions, while The Race framed the move as a debate over whether it was an obvious mistake or a data-backed gamble worth taking.
That is why Canada hit harder than a normal bad result. McLaren needed the weekend to show that its upgrade step was moving the team forward. Instead, it left still winless, still third, and still trying to close a gap that had not narrowed enough.
A Canada results snippet also lists Lando Norris in 18th for the race classification shown there, which underlines how little McLaren extracted from a weekend meant to validate the update plan.
Norris vs Piastri inside McLaren
The intra-team split is tight, but it is not turning into race-winning pressure. Norris has 58 points, Piastri has 48, so the gap is 10 points.
| Driver | Points | Wins | Gap to Teammate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lando Norris | 58 | 0 | 10 ahead |
| Oscar Piastri | 48 | 0 | 10 behind |
Both drivers are still outside the top four, and neither has a win. That is the key McLaren problem in one line: the points are there, but they are not converting into victories, and that is why the constructor total looks respectable without looking threatening.
What Monaco means on June 7
Round 6, the Monaco Grand Prix, is scheduled for 2026-06-07 13:00:00Z at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
For McLaren, Monaco is the next chance to turn a balanced two-car points haul into something stronger after Canada checked its momentum. The numbers are clear: third on 106, 41 behind Ferrari, 113 behind Mercedes, Norris on 58, Piastri on 48, and zero wins.
The job now is simple to say and harder to do: stop the slide, bank a clean weekend, and make sure Canada is remembered as a stumble, not a pattern.