31 h. ago Oscar Piastri seeks McLaren talks as Lando Norris order messages not shown on TV emerge

McLaren were criticised last year for not imposing orders on Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri early enough, but a decision was made during the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday

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54 h. ago McLaren surprised by dominance in F1 opener but warn there is more to come

Lando Norris easily outpaced rivals to win Australia GPMcLaren chief Stella believes tyre advantage is keyMcLaren’s superiority over the rest of the field after the opening race of the 2025 Formula One season came as a surprise to team principal Andrea Stella, he admitted after their performance in Australia on Sunday and he now believes their car may have an advantage that will make them hard to beat this season.Lando Norris won in Melbourne with a strong run from pole to flag, beating Red Bull’s Max Verstappen into second and the Mercedes of George Russell into third. During the race, interrupted by repeated safety cars as the tricky, wet conditions took their toll, Norris and his teammate Oscar Piastri were at times able to open a huge gap on their rivals, at some points up to over one and half seconds a lap. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘We are favourites’: McLaren are ‘team to beat’ in F1 title race, admits Lando Norris

British driver won Australian Grand Prix in season openerNorris wary of complacency: ‘if you relax, you have failed’Britain’s Lando Norris believes he and his McLaren team are now favourites for the 2025 Formula One world championship after a strong victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, while Ferrari’s team principal Frédéric Vasseur admitted his team had to up their game in working with Lewis Hamilton.After what was a dramatic and incident-packed race in mixed wet and dry conditions, Norris took the flag for his first victory in Australia, the first time he has won the opening race of a season and the perfect start for the 25-year-old’s title ambitions. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lando Norris rubbishes intriguing George Russell claim despite McLaren victory in Australia

McLaren had the quickest car at the season-opener as Norris claimed his fifth F1 race victory

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3 d. ago Lando Norris responds angrily to question 'people talk about' after Australian GP win

Lando Norris and McLaren were the pre-season favourites for Formula 1 title glory in 2025 and got off to the ideal start with victory at the Australian Grand Prix

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3 d. ago Lewis Hamilton fumes at Ferrari error as Lando Norris wins chaotic Australian GP

McLaren were the overwhelming favourites for victory with Lando Norris on pole ahead of Oscar Piastri but Max Verstappen was right behind them while Lewis Hamilton had to cut through the pack

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3 d. ago Who won the Australian Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton fury, Max Verstappen settles

McLaren were the overwhelming favourites for victory with Lando Norris on pole ahead of Oscar Piastri but Max Verstappen was right behind them while Lewis Hamilton had to cut through the pack

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3 d. ago Lando Norris knows there are ‘no excuses’ now – he has to win 2025 F1 title

Now or never? Norris fell short of Max Verstappen last year but, as Kieran Jackson explains, the British star must make it count this year, even with teammate Oscar Piastri chomping at the bit to catch him

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4 d. ago Lando Norris makes McLaren F1 team orders admission with Oscar Piastri on his heels

McLaren locked out the front row in Melbourne with Lando Norris taking pole position for the Australian Grand Prix while Oscar Piastri was second quickest in qualifying

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4 d. ago McLaren’s Lando Norris edges Oscar Piastri to claim pole for Australian Grand Prix

Norris beat teammate by eight-hundredths of a secondMax Verstappen third, George Russell fourthLando Norris claimed pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the 2025 Formula One season with an immense lap for McLaren in Melbourne.In what was an enormously tight fight he beat his teammate Oscar Piastri into second by just eight-hundredths of a second. As had been anticipated, the McLaren was the class of the field, comfortably quicker than Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in third and George Russell’s Mercedes in fourth. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago McLaren’s Lando Norris edges Piastri to claim pole for F1 Australian Grand Prix

Norris beat teammate by eight-hundredths of a secondMax Verstappen third, Lewis Hamilton eighth in FerrariWhen the gloves finally came off for the very first competitive session of the new Formula One season at the Australian Grand Prix it was McLaren who emerged as clear front runners. With pole position claimed by Lando Norris by just eight hundredths of a second from his teammate Oscar Piastri what was perhaps most striking about their front row lockout was the sheer extent to which the papaya cars bossed it on the high-speed blast through Albert Park in Melbourne.The fight for the top spot in the end was a tense battle but only between the two McLaren drivers. There was barely a cigarette paper between them in the end but it was the home crowd who were left disappointed when local boy Piastri was edged out by a whisker. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Lando Norris grabs season’s first pole position at Australian Grand Prix

Norris edged out McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by just 0.084 seconds as McLaren secured an impressive front-row lockout in Melbourne.

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4 d. ago Lando Norris denies Oscar Piastri Australian GP pole as Lewis Hamilton spins

Lando Norris and McLaren were the strong favourites for pole position heading into qualifying in Melbourne while Lewis Hamilton was qualifying in Formula 1 for the first time as a Ferrari driver

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9 d. ago Why Lando Norris knows there is ‘no excuses’ now – he has to win 2025 F1 title

Now or never? Norris fell short of Max Verstappen last year but, as Kieran Jackson explains, the British star must make it count this year, even with teammate Oscar Piastri chomping at the bit to catch him

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9 d. ago Why Lando Norris knows there are ‘no excuses’ now – he has to win 2025 F1 title

Now or never? Norris fell short of Max Verstappen last year but, as Kieran Jackson explains, the British star must make it count this year, even with teammate Oscar Piastri chomping at the bit to catch him

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2 w. ago Lando Norris told 'lucky' driver may be his biggest problem in F1 title fight

Having missed out on F1 drivers' title glory last year, as Max Verstappen won for the fourth consecutive season, Lando Norris enters 2025 as the bookies' favourite for the crown

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2 w. ago Lando Norris ‘flat out ready’ to win Formula One world title – Mika Hakkinen

Norris finished second to four-time world champion Max Verstappen in last season’s championship

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2 w. ago Lando Norris points out weakness in new McLaren car as F1 predictions in doubt

McLaren and star driver Lando Norris head into the 2025 F1 season as the bookies' favourites but the Brit is determined not to get ahead of himself after Bahrain testing

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2 w. ago F1 testing LIVE: Day 3 times and updates as Lando Norris takes to track for McLaren in Bahrain

Follow live updates as the 2025 season starts with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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3 w. ago Lando Norris prediction made by F1 insider is bad news for McLaren racer

McLaren have two rising stars on their hands in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, but the Woking-based team could be forced to make a decision on which driver to favour as the 2025 season edges closer

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