Key Highlights: Arvid Lindblad crashed out of the Mexico City Grand Prix following a late collision at Turn 1 with McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. Stewards issued Oscar Piastri a 10-second post-race penalty for making contact with the left-rear of Lindblad’s Racing Bulls car. Despite the DNF, Racing Bulls teammate Liam Lawson secured seventh place following ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri was stripped of his seventh-place result at the Mexico City Grand Prix following a 10-second penalty for a collision with Arvid Lindblad. The penalty demoted the McLaren driver from P7 to P15, promoting Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto into the points-paying positions. The incident marks Piastri’s fourth point-less outing of the campaign, following ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri described McLarenâs outlook for the remainder of the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend as difficult to know following an eventful Friday practice. Lando Norris secured P2 behind Ferrariâs Charles Leclerc in Free Practice 2, while Piastri concluded the session in 10th after surviving a close brush with the barriers. McLaren reserve ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri expressed optimism after Friday practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix, noting McLaren handled the high-altitude conditions better than anticipated. Despite describing his FP2 soft-tyre qualifying simulation as “pretty messy,” the Australian driver believes McLaren has the underlying pace to compete near the front. Piastri downplayed suggestions that Scuderia Ferrari’s turbo ...
Key Highlights Lando Norris defended McLaren’s progress ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix, calling the campaign a “pretty good year” despite persistent car handling difficulties. McLaren recovered from being over a second off the pace early in the season to secure consecutive wins in Hungary and the Netherlands. McLaren currently sits tied on points ...
Key Highlights: McLaren finished fifth and seventh at the United States Grand Prix, with Team Principal Andrea Stella blaming a poor Saturday qualifying for squandering a viable podium chance. Despite the grid penalty setback, the updated MCL40 displayed strong race pace, with Oscar Piastri successfully defending against George Russell for nearly 30 laps while Lando ...
Key Highlights: McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella maintains the MCL40 displayed race pace comparable to Ferrari and Red Bull at the United States Grand Prix, despite Lando Norris finishing fifth. A strategic one-stop gamble briefly moved Norris into second, but fading hard tyres left him unable to hold off rivals on fresher two-stop strategies. McLaren ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris conceded it is “pretty obvious” that McLaren has fallen to the fourth-fastest team in Formula 1 after finishing fifth at the United States Grand Prix. McLaren attempted an aggressive one-stop strategy hoping for a safety car disruption, but fading hard tires left Norris vulnerable to late-race overtakes. With Oscar Piastri finishing ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri qualified seventh for the United States Grand Prix and compared the uneven surface approaching Turn 1 to a “motocross jump.” While acknowledging general track surface improvements, the McLaren driver singled out the braking zones for Turn 1 and Turn 19 as critical problem areas that have been reported to the FIA. ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli starts on pole position at the Circuit of the Americas with his first opportunity to seal the 2026 Formula 1 World Championship. Antonelli will secure the title in Austin if he converts his pole position into a race victory and title rival George Russell finishes ninth or lower. Max ...
Key Highlights: McLaren finished Free Practice 2 at the United States Grand Prix over a second off the leading pace, with Lando Norris placing P7 and Oscar Piastri taking P8. Lando Norris cited acute car handling difficulties as the primary obstacle preventing consistent lap times, despite underlying competitive pace. Chief Technical Officer and Chief Designer ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris revealed that McLaren’s dominant pace masks one of the most unpredictable and difficult chassis setups he has ever driven. The McLaren driver issued a clear warning to Woking engineers, insisting the team must produce a significantly more driveable car to mount a championship run next year. Physical challenges have worsened at ...