As expected, Oscar Piastri has been announced as Lando Norris’ team-mate at the McLaren F1 Team next season, as the young Australian’s situation with Alpine was finally resolved. It was announced towards the end of the week by the FIA that their Contract Recognition Board (CRB) had come to the decision that the 2021 F2 World Champion
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Daniel Ricciardo’s exit from the McLaren F1 Team can’t come soon enough, as the 33-year-old faced an embarrassing Q1 exit from qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix. The Australian will start Sunday’s race from P17, whereas his team-mate, Lando Norris, starts from seventh. Ricciardo’s qualifying summed up his 2022 season: poor. The Aussie looked good on Friday
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has affirmed that IndyCar is not at the top of his list of priorities as he looks to secure a Formula 1 seat for 2023. The Australian left Renault for McLaren at the end of 2020, but struggled to find form alongside Lando Norris with a car that has not suited his
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Ahead of this season’s Dutch Grand Prix, we remember a cheeky interview Lando Norris gave last season to Ziggo Sport. Ziggo used to cover Formula 1 races for the Netherlands, before Viaplay took broadcasting rights from them ahead of the 2022 season. One of their journalists, Jack Plooij, became notorious for his amusing banter with
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Alpine reserve driver, Oscar Piastri, has revealed that he told the team he would not be racing with them in 2022, only for them to announce him anyway. Piastri won the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles consecutively in 2020 and 2021, but there were no seats available to him this year. The Australian had
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Fans on social media have amusingly suggested that Sebastian Vettel could head to Alpine after he stopped for a chat with Otmar Szafnauer in the Netherlands. Vettel worked with Szafnauer last year upon his arrival to the Aston Martin team, and he scored points seven times over the course of the year. The four-time world
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The stewards are reviewing an incident between Lando Norris and Yuki Tsunoda after the McLaren team released the Briton into the path of the Japanese driver in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix. During the opening session, the drivers were heading out on track as they bid to get into the top 15, and as
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An amusing series of messages have emerged that were accredited to McLaren’s Lando Norris, following his split with Luisinha Barosa Oliveira. The 22-year-old started dating the Portuguese model towards the end of last year, and they confirmed the start of their relationship on Instagram. The pair endured months of invasive comments from fans on social
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There is rarely a dull moment during Sky Sports’ coverage of Formula 1 sessions, and that certainly rang true during practice for the Dutch Grand Prix. Commentator David Croft brought in pit lane reporter, Ted Kravitz, to report on Oscar Piastri’s situation with Alpine, while only Lando Norris and Alex Albon were out on track.
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo still has an excellent chance to remain in Formula 1 after he leaves the British side at the end of this season. This is according to figures given to Formula1News.co.uk by OLGB, who also suggest that he could turn to broadcasting as his next role. Ricciardo joined McLaren at the beginning of
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