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The incident that is bound to create problems at McLaren came as Norris dived down the inside of Piastri after making a good start from fifth on the grid. Norris was caught out by Verstappen slowing more than he expected in the middle of Turn Three. Norris touched the Red Bull, damaging the McLaren’s front wing endplate, and that bounced …

Oscar Piastri admitted that he was surprised to see the Mercedes of George Russell outpace McLaren to take pole position in Qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, with the Australian having to settle for third while team mate Lando Norris was fifth on a day where he said the squad “weren’t quick enough”. In a busy end to the session …

George Russell posted a couple of stunning Q3 laps to claim pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, eclipsing Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri in another pulsating Qualifying session at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. After topping Q2, Russell carried that momentum through to the decisive pole shootout by pumping in a time of 1m 29.165s on his first lap …

Oscar Piastri has topped the timesheets during a disrupted Free Practice 2 at the Singapore Grand Prix, the McLaren driver leading the way in a session that featured two red flags and an unusual pit lane incident between Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris. After Fernando Alonso emerged as the pacesetter of first practice earlier in the day, it was Piastri …

Max Verstappen dominated Formula One’s 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed out on the first lap. Verstappen’s only moment of jeopardy was the start, which Piastri jumped and fell to the rear of the pack after stopping again in his grid box. But the Red Bull driver stayed ahead of Carlos Sainz on the short run …

Max Verstappen claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Lando Norris closed the gap to title rival Oscar Piastri to 25 points after the Drivers’ Championship leader crashed out on the opening lap. Verstappen was never headed on the streets of Baku, leading all 51 laps and winning by over 14 seconds from Mercedes’ George Russell and …

McLaren came into the weekend on the verge of clinching the constructors’ title, but they will have to wait at least another race after a difficult weekend in Baku. Piastri, 31 points clear in the drivers’ championship heading into the weekend, crashed out of both qualifying and race in an uncharacteristically scrappy weekend. The Australian’s grand prix unravelled even before …

Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix got off to a dramatic start, with Max Verstappen holding the lead but Oscar Piastri tumbling down the order and crashing out. While polesitter Verstappen entered Turn 1 just ahead of Carlos Sainz and Liam Lawson, Piastri hit trouble off the line and dropped all the way to the back of the field. The championship leader …

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri intends to “claw back” positions in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after suffering his worst Qualifying performance of the season, hitting the wall in the final segment of an incident-filled session. The Australian added his name to the list of drivers who endured the consequences of the tricky conditions in Baku as he carried too much speed and …

Max Verstappen denied Carlos Sainz a shock pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Drivers’ Championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed out. The Red Bull driver claimed back-to-back pole positions after a thrilling Qualifying session which was impacted by an F1 record of six red flags, the final one having huge ramifications on the final order. With Sainz, Liam Lawson …