Where Piastri found his F1 Dutch GP pole advantage
The Dutch Grand Prix was never a happy hunting ground for Bruce McLaren, who registered seven DNFs at Zandvoort and two non-points finishes in the nine championship races he started there. But on the 88th anniversary of McLaren’s birth, cars carrying his name enjoyed a formidable margin of superiority to their Formula 1 rivals: more […]
Why McLaren won’t let Piastri and Norris «do whatever they want» in title fight
Mercedes’ Toto Wolff has suggested McLaren should «let it roll» as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fight for the drivers’ title, but team principal Andrea Stella has set out the difference between equal opportunities and unregulated freedom. McLaren delivered its second front row lockout in three race weekends in the Netherlands, with Piastri getting the […]
McLaren will keep driver strategy options open after Hungary F1 split
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have given their blessing for split strategies to continue at the team as they battle for the 2025 Formula 1 title, but both feel Hungary was something of an outlier. Norris was running third during the Hungarian Grand Prix and took the plunge to switch to a one-stop strategy […]
No regrets» over China, Canada F1 races but could have been «smarter
Lando Norris has insisted he has no regrets when reflecting on the opening 14 races of his 2025 Formula 1 title campaign, though has picked out moments in China and Canada where he could have been «a little bit smarter». Of the two, his Canada clash with team-mate Oscar Piastri is the more obvious one; Norris […]
The ‘genuine struggles’ behind McLaren’s 2025 F1 early-season qualifying fears
While McLaren’s baseline form over the early part of the 2025 Formula 1 season had been strong, any weaknesses that emerged in the year’s nascent stages appear to have been ironed out with development. The team has secured 1-2 finishes in each of the last four races, putting it 299 points clear of Ferrari in […]
Fewest mistakes takes the F1 title? The Piastri-Norris errors in 2025 so far
As Formula 1’s calendar has ballooned over the past couple of decades, it’s a bit easier to get away with an off-weekend — nonetheless, championship credentials are still awarded to those who make the least mistakes. With just nine points between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at this stage in the season, the final 10 […]
Why McLaren is willing to “risk” open Norris vs Piastri F1 title fight
The latest battle between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Hungary shows McLaren isn’t going to play it safe in the Formula 1 title race. After losing ground at the start, Norris was given the freedom to go onto an ambitious one-stop strategy, which turned out to be the race-winning move. One week prior, the […]
McLaren’s surprising strategy admission after F1 Hungarian GP
It is a long-standing matter of humour in the Formula 1 paddock that the “possible race strategies” infographic Pirelli circulates on Sunday mornings often bears no relationship at all to the way the race pans out. So it proved at the Hungaroring as Lando Norris ended up being effectively forced onto an unfavoured one-stop strategy […]
Stella ‘not interested in being comfortable’ as McLaren F1 domination continues
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says his squad will not take its foot off the throttle after another dominant 1-2 at the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri won his sixth grand prix of 2025 ahead of Lando Norris after passing his team-mate at the start of a mixed weather race. The Australian eventually led […]