McLaren’s call not to pit Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris during the safety car period gave Max Verstappen the chance to charge to Qatar Grand Prix victory and set up a Formula 1 title decider.Verstappen has cut the deficit to Norris to 12 points heading into the season finale inContinue Reading
For the first time since 2010, a Formula 1 title decider will involve more than two drivers, with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri still in contention, following the Dutchman’s victory at the Qatar Grand Prix.Read Also: Formula 1F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen wins from Piastri with Norris fourth toContinue Reading
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