The three key moments in Piastri’s defeat of Norris in the Belgian GP
As McLaren’s intra-team title rivalry heats up, these are the three key phases that enabled Oscar Piastri to defeat Lando Norris in a closely contested Belgian Grand Prix. Piastri’s Eau Rouge bravery The main turning point of the race was obviously the rolling start after four laps behind the safety car, with Piastri wasting little […]
Why McLaren’s approach to introducing F1 upgrades is different from rival teams
During the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone, McLaren introduced a completely new floor, as noted in the FIA’s technical documents. The squad ran it during opening practice, but team principal Andrea Stella made clear that the new spec would be removed afterwards. “The plan was always going to be that the floor was a […]
Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris, who’s favorite for F1 title? Our writers have their say
Oscar Piastri is the Formula 1 championship leader but title rival Lando Norris is on the ascendency, having won the past two grands prix. The McLaren team-mates headed into the last month’s Austrian Grand Prix separated by 22 points after Norris retired in Canada having crashed into Piastri. But the Briton has impressively bounced back […]
Who is favourite for F1 2025 title? Our writers have their say
Oscar Piastri is the Formula 1 championship leader but title rival Lando Norris is on the ascendency having won the past two grands prix. The McLaren team-mates headed into the last month’s Austrian Grand Prix separated by 22 points after Norris retired in Canada having crashed into Piastri. But the Briton has impressively bounced back […]
Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris, who’s favorite for F1 title? Our writers have their say
Oscar Piastri is the Formula 1 championship leader but title rival Lando Norris is on the ascendency, having won the past two grands prix. The McLaren team-mates headed into the last month’s Austrian Grand Prix separated by 22 points after Norris retired in Canada having crashed into Piastri. But the Briton has impressively bounced back […]
Why McLaren feels Norris’ Canada crash actually helped as it «took the air out of the balloon»
McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks Lando Norris’ Canadian Grand Prix clash with Oscar Piastri has actually helped his confidence as the two team-mates battle for the Formula 1 world title. In June’s Montreal race Norris clattered into the back of Piastri in the fight for fourth, his biggest setback so far as he aims to […]
Norris’ British GP celebrations cut short after being hit in fence accident
Lando Norris missed the traditional post-race celebrations with fans on the home straight at the British Grand Prix after a photographer accidentally fell on him from the debris fencing lining the pitstraight. The McLaren driver was attempting to climb up the fencing to celebrate with a packed crowd of excited fans following his first home Grand […]
How Norris beat his own F1 Austrian GP pole lap by almost 0.3s
Lando Norris’ opening Q3 lap in setting the grid for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix was already good enough for pole. Although he didn’t know it at the time, the Briton’s 1m04.268s could have done the job on its own; Charles Leclerc did not improve on his 1m04.492s set amid the opening runs, and […]
How McLaren plans to solve Norris’ F1 2025 qualifying woes
Lando Norris’ struggles to get a feel for the 2025 McLaren at the very edge of the envelope, particularly in the top-10 shootout in qualifying, have been one recurring theme over the first half of the Formula 1 season as he is needing to pull out all the stops to battle team-mate Oscar Piastri. From […]