Key Highlights: McLaren endured another difficult race outing at Sepang, finishing with Oscar Piastri in P6 and Lando Norris in P9 following a major pre-race tyre strategy misjudgment. Both drivers initially started on medium slick tyres on a damp track; Piastri pitted on the second formation lap for intermediates, while Norris stayed out and hemorrhaged ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri finished P6 at the Sepang International Circuit after starting on the wrong tire compound in rain-affected conditions. The Australian driver noted that while his personal driving was solid, McLaren “just weren’t quick enough” compared to their primary front-running rivals. Piastri highlighted Red Bull’s dominant form following their Baku upgrades and warned ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris suffered an off-track excursion into the gravel behind the Safety Car and received a reprimand from stewards, ultimately finishing ninth. A pre-race tire gamble on medium slicks failed following heavy rain, forcing McLaren to make up ground after an early switch to intermediates. Norris’ late-race incident occurred when the pack bunched ...
Key Highlights: A software bug linked to the wet-weather power unit controller locked multiple 2026-generation F1 cars into idle mode during the formation laps at Sepang. The start was aborted, prompting a 50-minute red flag delay while the FIA created and deployed a mandatory software patch to all 11 teams. F1 drivers, including Lando Norris, ...
Key Highlights Ferrari and McLaren gambled on starting on slick dry tyres after an hour and 33 minutes of rain delays, misjudging track conditions at Sepang. While Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc pitted early to rectify the error, Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris stayed out to ride out the difficult crossover phase. Hamilton turned the ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris revealed that McLaren is losing nearly two-tenths of a second per lap due to a recurring straightline speed deficit. The British driver endured a difficult race, suffering from an initial tyre mismatch and an off-track excursion into the gravel following a safety car restart. Norris managed to salvage a ninth-place finish ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris suffered an ongoing straightline speed deficit costing an estimated 0.1 to 0.2 seconds per lap during qualifying. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella clarified that the problem centers on top speed rather than an overt, detectable Mercedes power unit deployment malfunction. The team acknowledged the performance gap on Norris’ car across multiple ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris qualified sixth—promoted to fifth due to a penalty for Isack Hadjar—finishing six-tenths behind pole-sitter Max Verstappen at Sepang. McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri qualified seventh as both drivers struggled with straight-line speed, track surface grip, and high tire degradation. Red Bull dominated qualifying with Verstappen taking pole and Hadjar third, leaving McLaren ...
Key Highlights Motorsport.com tracks intra-team qualifying head-to-head records across the Formula 1 grid, isolating pure qualifying pace by omitting the effects of subsequent grid penalties. Frontrunners feature fiercely contested internal battles, with Lando Norris edging Oscar Piastri at McLaren, while Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc remain locked in a tightly matched contest at Ferrari. Significant ...
Key Highlights McLaren struggled for grip during FP1 at the Malaysian round, with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris finishing 11th and 12th. Norris improved to third in FP2, while Piastri recorded the sixth-fastest time as McLaren recovered ground. Oscar Piastri believes McLaren may be a “tiny step behind” Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari ahead of ...
Key Highlights Charles Leclerc led FP2 at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia for Ferrari. Isack Hadjar finished second ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, while Max Verstappen was fourth. Gabriel Bortoleto’s stoppage triggered a Virtual Safety Car with two minutes remaining. Charles Leclerc Leads Bahrain Grand Prix FP2 at Sepang Charles Leclerc topped second practice ...
Key Highlights Alpine driver Franco Colapinto addressed online toxicity, stating that “no one ever talks about” the substantial amount of abuse he personally faces from various fanbases. The discussion follows a safety car restart collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix involving Colapinto, Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly, and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Colapinto highlighted the shared responsibility ...