McLaren has explained why it didn’t ask Lando Norris to let Max Verstappen past after their Turn 12 off-track battle in Austin, which led to a penalty for the Briton.In the closing stages of Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix, Norris was hounding Verstappen for third when he finally swoopedContinue Reading
Ferrari completely took over the podium at the 2024 US Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz snatching up a 1-2 finish. But the real show-stealer was the incident between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, which lead to Norris gaining a +5s penalty, meaning Verstappen took 3rd place. CoupledContinue Reading
Lando Norris’s penalty for overtaking Max Verstappen off track in the United States Grand Prix has triggered another controversy about Formula 1’s policing of driving standards.Amid an intense fight between the McLaren driver and his Red Bull rival for third place, the incident between the pair at Turn 12 onContinue Reading
Organisers of Austin’s United States Grand Prix have been fined €500,000 by the FIA for an early track invasion by spectators, of which €350,000 is suspended.At the end of the race at the Circuit of the Americas won by Charles Leclerc, throngs of spectators entered the track on the start-finishContinue Reading
The human-shaped trophy was replaced late on as Charles Leclerc took victory in AustinPirelli was forced to pull its one-off trophies from the United States Grand Prix podium at the last minute after being made aware of the similarity in design to another product.Autosport understands Formula 1’s tyre manufacturer receivedContinue Reading
Organisers of Austin’s United States Grand Prix have been summoned by the FIA for an early track invasion by spectators.At the end of the race at the Circuit of the Americas, several spectators entered the track on the start-finish straight while cars were still circulating on their in-laps after theContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has insisted he has no sympathy for McLaren arguing he pushed Lando Norris off at Turn 12 in Austin, saying Red Bull’s rival has been “complaining a lot recently”.Norris had been chasing Verstappen for third place for most of the second stint of the COTA’s 56-lap race when heContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz believe that Ferrari’s 1-2 result at the United States Grand Prix puts it firmly in the hunt for Formula 1’s constructors’ championship., as it now sits 48 points behind leader McLaren.Ferrari took a 26-point chunk out of Red Bull in the constructors’ standings to sitContinue Reading
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has described decision-making over penalties in the United States Grand Prix as “biased” after George Russell and Lando Norris were punished, while Max Verstappen escaped without issue.Russell was given a five-second penalty early on for forcing Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas off-track at Turn 12, althoughContinue Reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the United States Grand Prix stewards have “interfered in an inappropriate manner” in the Lando Norris and Max Verstappen battle for third, as Norris was given a five-second penalty for passing off-track.Norris had caught Verstappen in their hard-tyre stint and began to exert heavy pressure on hisContinue Reading