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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pole position while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri crashed on the opening lap and had his Formula One lead over teammate Lando Norris slashed to 25 points. McLaren had hoped to secure its 10th Formula One constructors’ title, and second in a row, on Sunday with a…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen clinched pole position in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday, while McLaren’s Formula One championship leader, Oscar Piastri, crashed in the final phase Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who was bidding for a fifth successive Baku pole position, also hit the wall in the top 10 shootout. McLaren is hoping to clinch…
The Formula 1 title race is heating up, and McLaren’s golden rule — “Let ‘em race” — risks expanding into a whole rule book. Asking Oscar Piastri to give up second place to Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix because of a slow pit stop showed how McLaren’s seemingly simple approach risks being bogged…
Oscar Piastri said McLaren’s request for him to hand back second place to teammate and Formula One title rival Lando Norris in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix was fair, despite reducing his championship lead. The Australian went second, after Norris was slowed by a late pitstop problem, but gave the place back as requested — trimming…
Isack Hadjar says he has more glue than he could possibly need and just wants to be reunited with the ceramic Dutch Grand Prix trophy he won, and then broke, after finishing third at Zandvoort last weekend. The Racing Bulls driver, who will be getting a replacement copy of his first Formula One trophy, literally…
Bahrain’s Mumtalakat and Abu Dhabi’s CYVN Holdings took full ownership of McLaren Racing on Tuesday in a deal some media reports said valued the reigning Formula One champions at more than $4 billion. No financial details were given in a McLaren Group statement confirming the purchase of all shares held by MSP Sports Capital, funds…
Charles Leclerc put Ferrari on pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday with McLaren’s Formula One leader Oscar Piastri alongside on the front row. McLaren’s Lando Norris, Piastri’s closest title rival, qualified third with George Russell lining up fourth for Mercedes. The pole was Ferrari’s first in a grand prix in 14 rounds…
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli are Mercedes’ first choice for next season, team boss Toto Wolff said in comments appearing to rule out an immediate move for Red Bull’s four-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen. Verstappen is third overall at the midpoint of the 24-round campaign, 69 points behind McLaren’s overall leader Oscar Piastri and…
World champion Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in dramatic style on Saturday as McLaren’s Formula One leader Lando Norris hit the wall and qualified 10th. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, bidding to become the first Australian to lead the standings since Mark Webber in 2010, joined the four-times…
Lewis Hamilton concurred that Ferrari is often considered a ‘crisis’ team, with people always looking to amplify the outfit’s problems on the track. “On one side, it’s to be expected. It’s the greatest team in Formula 1 history,” the seven-time Formula One World Champion told reporters in the paddock on Thursday, ahead of the Saudi…
