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Oscar Piastri was left to reflect on a “frustrating” Qualifying at the Mexico City Grand Prix after ending the session in P8, with the Australian admitting that it was “not the lap time that I’m expecting”. Having been unable to match the pace of McLaren team mate Lando Norris in the second and third practice sessions – with Norris sitting …

Oscar Piastri has stated that both he and team mate Lando Norris will arrive into the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend on a “clean slate”, with the repercussions previously given to Norris for contact in Singapore now removed while Piastri has taken a “degree of responsibility” for their first-lap collision in the Austin Sprint. It was a tough outing for …

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says “a couple of features” explain Oscar Piastri’s atypically uncompetitive pace this weekend at the United States Grand Prix. Piastri was three tenths down on team-mate Lando Norris in free practice and both qualifying sessions, marking some of his worst drives of the season in terms of one-lap pace. The championship leader lamented …

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have each given their take on the Lap 1 melee that put them both out of the running in the Sprint at the United States Grand Prix. While polesitter Max Verstappen held the lead from the McLaren pair off the line, chaos unfolded into the first corner as Piastri was tagged by the Kick Sauber …

The crash was a gift for Verstappen, who McLaren have always insisted remained a threat in the championship despite his significant deficit, especially as Red Bull have returned to form in recent races. The crash brought out the safety car for five laps and after the restart Verstappen was tracked by Russell, who made a bold move into Turn 12 …

The Sprint in Austin got off to a dramatic start as the McLaren pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri – starting second and third respectively behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen – crashed out after colliding on the opening corner. The replays showed that championship leader Piastri went into Turn 1 with caution before being tagged by the …

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Sprint at the United States Grand Prix, the Dutchman putting in a stunning lap during the final moments of Sprint Qualifying to beat both McLaren cars. Lando Norris had set the pace through the session, the Briton having topped SQ1 and SQ2 before initially looking to have repeated this feat in SQ3. …

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will resume their fight for the Drivers’ Championship this weekend at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas, two weeks after the McLaren duo made contact on the opening lap of the race that left Piastri asking: “Are we cool with Lando just barging me out of the way?” Naturally, the clash was on the agenda when …

Lando Norris has admitted that he will face “repercussions” until “the end of the season” following his first-lap contact with McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri last time out at the Singapore Grand Prix. After lining up in fifth on the grid – two places behind Piastri – Norris went on the attack when the race got underway, tagging the rear …

The controversy deflected attention from McLaren clinching the constructors’ championship for the second year in a row. It is McLaren’s 10th constructors’ title, moving them clear of Williams in the all-time list into second place behind record-holders Ferrari, who have won it 16 times since the championship’s inception in 1958. Their victory is one of the earliest times a team …