Lando Norris entered the 2025 season carrying heavier championship hopes than at any point in his career. McLaren’s engineers unveiled a car billed as a genuine title contender, and many expected the Briton to spearhead the papaya resurgence. Instead, early rounds have flipped the script in dramatic fashion. Oscar Piastri has swept the opening trio
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Oscar Piastri will be hoping for a strong recovery at the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix after a mixed performance in the 2025 season opener. However, before he hits the track, his McLaren MCL39 has been selected by the FIA for a pre-race inspection and car display, alongside machines from two other teams. Challenging Start for
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McLaren has acknowledged that their approach to managing the on-track battle between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during a crucial race was flawed. The team’s decision to allow free racing between their two drivers had unintended consequences, particularly for Norris’s championship hopes. The Controversial On-Track Battle During the race, McLaren opted not to impose team
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McLaren have been warned that they must establish Lando Norris as their number one driver from the start of the 2025 Formula 1 season if they are serious about challenging for the championship. The team had a competitive car in 2024, but Max Verstappen ultimately secured his fourth consecutive title, with Norris struggling at race
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Guenther Steiner, the former Haas F1 team principal, is confident that Oscar Piastri will be a serious contender for the 2025 Formula 1 world title. The Australian driver, entering his third season in F1, has impressed in his first two years, and Steiner believes Piastri is ready to take the next step in his career.
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Ahead of the upcoming 2024 Formula 1 season, Lando Norris has revealed what he learnt last season and in what areas he made progress. 2023 was a strange yet exceptional year for Norris, as he ended the campaign as one of the fastest drivers on the grid. The same couldn’t be said at the beginning
MoreLando Norris believes Max Verstappen is “absolutely” the greatest driver in the history of Formula 1 and that not a single driver on the grid would be capable of taking the fight to him instantly at Red Bull. Norris has been linked with a move to Red Bull for some time, with himself and Verstappen
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1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill has demonstrated his full support for McLaren CEO Zak Brown, who has called for the sport to “stand up for independence”. Brown isn’t happy with how closely Red Bull work with sister team AlphaTauri, who they are also the owners of. Red Bull are the only company on
MoreEx-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has revealed that he’s a “big fan” of Oscar Piastri, who he clearly expects to achieve incredible things in the sport. Following his very public move from Alpine to McLaren for 2023, Piastri had a lot of pressure on him to perform in his rookie season. However, he never looked
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Red Bull have been dealt a blow by McLaren CEO Zak Brown, who revealed that “no number” would convince them to allow Lando Norris to leave. Brown has effectively labelled Norris as priceless, meaning that the Briton is all but certain to see how the remainder of his contract. Norris is under contract until the
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