Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri salvaged only a sixth-place finish in Malaysia following tyre strategy missteps and a 0.733-second average pace deficit to the frontrunners. McLaren currently trails the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team by 240 points in the Constructors’ Championship standings. Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, Piastri cited track surface grip and narrow set-up ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri considers Red Bull Racing to have joined Mercedes as “the class of the field” following significant aerodynamic updates introduced in Baku. McLaren’s MCL40 has slipped from victory contention despite receiving its own upgrade package, with both Piastri and Lando Norris finishing outside the top five at Sepang. McLaren addresses recent fuel ...
Key Highlights: McLaren is investigating a sharp dip in pace at Sepang after qualifying sixth and seventh, roughly six-tenths off pole position. Team principal Andrea Stella believes rival teams may have taken larger development steps, though peculiar track and asphalt conditions also impacted the MCL40. Further production parts and minor updates are scheduled to arrive ...
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: 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: McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri hosted Harry, a young two-stroke kart racer and two-time leukaemia survivor, for a special garage tour during a busy Grand Prix race weekend. Piastri signed memorabilia, showed Harry the inner workings of an F1 steering wheel, and passed along valuable racing guidance focused on fun and purposeful ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris qualified sixthâpromoted to fifth due to a penalty for Isack Hadjarâfinishing 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 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 âtiny step behindâ Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari ahead of ...
Key Highlights Isack Hadjar finished third at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Oscar Piastriâs late lock-up. Alex Brundle praised Hadjarâs âexceptional comebackâ and his compliance with Red Bull team orders. Red Bull secured a double podium, with Max Verstappen finishing second and the team sitting fourth in the constructorsâ standings. Isack Hadjar earns praise after ...
Key Highlights: Jacques Villeneuve described Oscar Piastriâs double lock-up at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a ârookie mistake.â Piastri lost a podium opportunity at the Baku City Circuit and eventually finished 14th. McLaren team-mate Lando Norris retired after contact involving Alpine drivers Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly. Jacques Villeneuve criticizes Oscar Piastriâs Azerbaijan GP mistake ...