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
Lewis Hamilton thinks aero problems with new Mercedes upgrades brought to the United States Grand Prix could be to blame for his early race exit.The seven-time world champion capped a difficult Austin event by becoming the first and only race retirement, after spinning into the gravel trap at Turn 19Continue Reading
Charles Leclerc claimed his third win of the season with victory at the United States Grand Prix over Carlos Sainz for a Ferrari 1-2, as Lando Norris lost out on third with a five-second penalty in a fierce battle with Max Verstappen.The Monegasque gathered a swift start and pounced onContinue Reading
Lando Norris has revealed why his Formula 1 race engineer made a rare intervention on the team radio before his pole lap for the United Stated Grand Prix.Norris took a sixth pole of 2024 at the Circuit of the Americas thanks to narrowly beating title rival Max Verstappen after theContinue Reading
George Russell will start Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix from the pitlane as the result of a parc ferme rules breach by Mercedes.The Briton had crashed out of Q3 at Austin on Saturday, badly damaging his W15 car after hitting the barriers at Turn 19.The impact destroyed a newContinue Reading
Off the back of an eventful sprint race, Formula 1 teams are braced for high tyre-wear race at the United States Grand Prix.Given Austin’s varied and demanding high-downforce layout, the new track surface and high temperatures, tyre wear and graining concerns could open up strategy variations of the expected two-stopperContinue Reading
The FIA has revealed several Formula 1 teams were forced to make changes to their rear wings for the United States Grand Prix amid efforts to eradicate slot-gap trickery.There has been a renewed focus on the behaviour of rear wings over recent weeks in the wake of the ‘mini-DRS’ controversyContinue Reading
Max Verstappen insists he simply “doesn’t care” about the feud between Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner and McLaren boss Zak Brown.The latest spat between the two has overshadowed much of the track action at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, where Verstappen qualified second behindContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari remains in contention for Formula 1 victory at the United States Grand Prix despite falling short of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen in qualifying.Leclerc took fourth on the grid, just 0.09 seconds away from team-mate Carlos Sainz as the Spaniard clinched third for Sunday’s race atContinue Reading
Andrea Stella has criticised Helmut Marko for questioning Lando Norris’ mental capacity to challenge for the Formula 1 title and insists his comments are worse than Max Verstappen’s Singapore swearing.Red Bull advisor Marko recently claimed in German outlet Motorsport Magazin that Verstappen’s title rival Norris “has some mental weaknesses”.It is unclear whatContinue Reading