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 […]
The theory behind McLaren’s stronger update correlation versus its F1 rivals
One of the foundations of McLaren’s successes in Formula 1 over the past two years has been in the team’s in-season development of its cars, following its immediate turnaround in form at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. McLaren had identified a series of inefficiencies in the aerodynamic platform of that year’s MCL60 in the season’s […]
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 […]
McLaren 1-2 again as Piastri tops FP3 over Norris
Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris to top spot in the Hungarian Grand Prix’s final practice session, as McLaren delivered a devastating blow to the Formula 1 field in the prelude to qualifying. With 15 minutes remaining, Piastri took new softs and embarked on a second soft-tyre run of the session; the championship leader pulled the […]
The McLaren test that persuaded Senna to stay
The faces said it all. The temperature was marginally above freezing and a small group of McLaren team members were huddled around the timing desk on the pitwall shortly before lunch. Each time the car flashed past, the mechanics would look up to savour the reaction on the face of Ayrton Senna’s Italian engineer, Giorgio […]
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 […]
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 […]