Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes McLaren needs to decide if it will throw its full backing behind Lando Norris in his fight for the title.Norris qualified on pole for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix but was overtaken in turn four on the opening lap by team-mate Oscar Piastri as Ferrari’sContinue Reading
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says his drivers are trapped in a “vicious circle” with the balance problems of their RB20 Formula 1 car.World championship leader Max Verstappen fears that he is now going to lose this year’s title as a result of Red Bull’s difficulties with its 2024Continue Reading
Ferrari has confirmed Italian banking firm UniCredit as a partner from the 2025 Formula 1 season onwards.Just days after it was announced Santander and Ferrari would end their three-year association when their current agreement expires at the end of the year, it was announced UniCredit will then be on board.“FerrariContinue Reading
McLaren has offered the firmest hint yet that it is now ready to throw its full support behind Lando Norris’s Formula 1 title bid, despite having been reluctant to introduce team orders so far.Amid a growing reality that championship rivals Red Bull and Max Verstappen are on the back foot,Continue Reading
It was a shock victory for Ferrari with Charles Leclerc’s bold 1-stop strategy paying off for the home team. Alex Kalinauckas and Mark Mann-Bryans break down all the developments on and off the track at the Italian GP, including what went wrong for McLaren, Verstappen’s struggles and Magnussen’s one raceContinue Reading
Lando Norris feels his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri “got way too close for comfort” on his lap-one pass at Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix.Norris started from pole ahead of Piastri but, while defending his lead into the first chicane, the Briton’s compromised exit out of the corner left him vulnerableContinue Reading
McLaren wants to review Oscar Piastri’s first-lap pass on Lando Norris in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix before deciding if it complied with its ‘Papaya Rules’ code of conduct.While Norris made a great getaway from pole position, his race turned at the second chicane when Piastri made an aggressive moveContinue Reading
Pierre Gasly has called upon the Italian Grand Prix stewards to reverse Kevin Magnussen’s one-race Formula 1 ban after their incident led to the Dane reaching the maximum penalty points on his superlicence.The two made a small degree of contact after going into the Variante della Roggia side by side, whichContinue Reading
Max Verstappen warned “both championships are not realistic” after Red Bull turned its once-dominant Formula 1 car “into a monster”.Verstappen struggled to qualify higher than seventh on Saturday and failed to make much progress on Sunday, moving up just one position to finish ahead of Mercedes man George Russell inContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri has conceded missing out on victory at Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix “hurts a lot” after Ferrari’s cunning strategic gamble led Charles Leclerc to the top.The McLaren driver squeezed past team-mate Lando Norris at turn four on the opening lap and set about building a lead to sealContinue Reading