McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says his squad “didn’t expect” everyone else to pit under an early safety car as it lost a likely Qatar Grand Prix win to Max Verstappen and Red Bull, and handed the Dutchman a lifeline for a fifth Formula 1 world title.McLaren’s polesitter Oscar PiastriContinue Reading
Max Verstappen delivered a crucial victory at the Qatar Grand Prix as he closed to 12 points of Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 title race, as McLaren threw away a potential win thanks to a poor strategy call on a seventh-lap safety car.Polesitter Oscar Piastri had looked settledContinue Reading
Formula 1 drivers had already warned on Friday that following other cars would be particularly difficult around the Losail International Circuit, and that fear became reality on Saturday. The 19-lap race featured very few overtaking moves, with even drivers in the midfield – including Oliver Bearman – calling the sprint “uneventful.” ItContinue Reading
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri’s return to form in Qatar fits within his high-grip theory about the Australian. Piastri struggled for pace compared to team-mate Lando Norris at low-grip circuits in Austin and Mexico, and also saw Norris beat him in Brazil and Las Vegas. But the Australian was back to his veryContinue Reading
You can never rule Max Verstappen out, even when he’s scrambling to overcome a car weakness. Several times during interviews this Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix weekend – not one to waste a carefully formulated aphorism – McLaren CEO Zak Brown likened Verstappen to a character in a horror movie.HeContinue Reading
In Qatar, Lando Norris has his first-ever match point to clinch a Formula 1 world title. If the Briton scores four points more than Oscar Piastri and one point more than Max Verstappen on Sunday, the title fight will already be decided before the season finale. However, ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix,Continue Reading
In Friday’s sprint qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda ended Max Verstappen’s 37-strong unbeaten streak in Formula 1 qualifying against his successive team-mates.Tsunoda looked rejuvenated, hailing a “clean” and “smooth” weekend thus far and rejoicing that he found “more confidence” in his Red Bull car, which had ledContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri will start the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix from pole position after also taking the sprint victory earlier in the weekend.The McLaren driver has trimmed Lando Norris’ world championship advantage to 22 points thanks to his sprint win coupled with his team-mate finishing third.But Sunday’s grand prix willContinue Reading
Ferrari again endured one of its worst Formula 1 qualifying sessions in 2025 at the Qatar Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton down in 10th and 18th respectively.This followed a tough sprint event, where the Ferrari drivers qualified almost exactly in the same positions before finishing 13th andContinue Reading
McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he “wouldn’t miss the start” of Sunday’s Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix as he expects an ultra-aggressive Max Verstappen to attack Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.Verstappen qualified third behind polesitter Piastri on Saturday, with Norris starting from second on the dirty side of the grid. If thoseContinue Reading