8 h. ago McLaren will use team orders in quest for F1 world drivers’ title in Abu Dhabi

CEO Zak Brown: ‘We’re going to do what we can to win’Verstappen could pip Norris and Piastri to championshipZak Brown has said McLaren will use team orders for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri if required to ensure the team secure the Formula One drivers’ championship in the season finale at Abu Dhabi on Sunday.With Red Bull’s Max Verstappen trailing Norris by 10 points, the Dutchman still has a good shot at taking the title from McLaren’s grasp. Piastri is a further six points back. Having spent all season allowing their drivers to race and attempting to be scrupulously fair to both, Brown announced at the Yas Marina circuit that if circumstances rendered it necessary, they would use orders. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown will use team orders in Abu Dhabi: ‘We’d be crazy not to’

McLaren have not prioritised Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri all season but will intervene, if required, this Sunday

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32 h. ago Lando Norris rules out asking McLaren for team orders to help F1 title bid

Leader will not ask Piastri for favours against VerstappenMcLaren to discuss all relevant scenarios in Abu DhabiLando Norris would not want McLaren to have to use team orders to aid him in winning his first world championship at the season finale in Abu Dhabi this weekend. Both he and his teammate, Oscar Piastri, insisted they had not yet discussed the potential use of orders for the decisive grand prix.Norris goes into the 24th and final race of the season as favourite but still in a close, high-pressure fight with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Piastri, enjoying a 12-point lead on Verstappen and 16 on Piastri. Norris will take his first title if he finishes in front of both his rivals or claims third place or better. Verstappen would need to win and hope Norris finishes outside the podium places while Piastri would need to win and have Norris finish sixth or lower. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago F1 Abu Dhabi GP latest: Norris gives honest answer over McLaren team orders before three

Norris holds a 12-point lead over Verstappen heading into the final race of the season with Piastri also challenging for the title

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34 h. ago McLaren's Abu Dhabi GP team orders, Lando Norris commitment and Max Verstappen admission

McLaren have two horses in the three-way F1 title race heading into the season finale Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but the reigning world champions have an uncomfortable decision to make

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36 h. ago F1 Abu Dhabi GP latest: Norris gives honest answer over McLaren team orders for Piastri in title showdown

Norris holds a 12-point lead over Verstappen heading into the final race of the season with Piastri also challenging for the title

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3 d. ago Red Bull promote Hadjar for 2026 with Tsunoda dropped as Verstappen’s teammate – F1 latest

Follow all the latest F1 news ahead of the season finale in Abu Dhabi as Red Bull announce their team for next season

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3 d. ago Oscar Piastri replaced by McLaren at Abu Dhabi GP as Lando Norris discovers new team

McLaren have following mandatory Formula 1 rules by replacing Oscar Piastri during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend

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5 d. ago Lando Norris bid for F1 glory goes to decider as Max Verstappen takes Qatar win

Norris, who finished only fourth, will head to the concluding round just 12 points ahead of Verstappen.

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8 d. ago McLaren F1 boss finally explains ‘specific cause’ of double disqualification

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri missed out on crucial championship points after their DSQs in Vegas

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1 week ago US & Russia meet for ‘secret talks’ over Trump’s peace plan as Putin unleashes brutal strikes on Ukraine killing 6

WASHINGTON has held secret, high-stakes talks with Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi as Donald Trump’s team races to lock down a reworked peace plan. It comes as Vladimir Putin unleashed one of his most brutal overnight strikes in weeks, killing at least six people. Donald Trump stoked expectations on Monday, hinting that the breakthrough...

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2 w. ago Christian Horner ‘changed after Netflix F1 fame’, says arch rival Zak Brown

Former Red Bull F1 boss Horner, who lost his job in July, was one of the stars of Drive to Survive on Netflix

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2 w. ago Netflix 'changed' Christian Horner: McLaren boss hits out at 'arrogant' Formula One rival and claims Drive to Survive fame went to ex

Zak Brown believes the fault for their toxic relationship lies at the door of Horner, revealing how the British racing supreme has 'changed' over the years.

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2 w. ago ‘It touched us from the start’: Palestine savour historic night in Bilbao | Sid Lowe

More than 50,000 fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s team with the coach and players ‘shocked’ by the outpouring of support during their visit“We are more than a national team, we represent a story of pain but also hope,” Ihab Abu Jazar said, “and we are not alone.” At 8.26pm on Saturday the Palestine coach, whose father was killed in the Israel-Gaza war and whose siblings now live in tents in Khan Younis, emerged from the tunnel and took his place by the bench at San Mamés, Bilbao. Dressed in black, a keffiyeh over his shoulders, he watched 11 men in red, “a team of refugees playing for Palestinians all over the world”, and listened to 51,396 people applaud them, chanting for their freedom.“We don’t play just to win; we play to exist,” he had said in the days before Palestine played their first game in Europe, an occasion that turned out to be bigger than even he had imagined: “The most important day in my life”, a “historic” night that “all the words in the world can’t explain”. They...

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4 w. ago Max Verstappen's DAD wades into McLaren civil war, urging Oscar Piastri to fight back against team boss Zak Brown's call that could cost him the F1 title

Max Verstappen's father would love to see his son complete a remarkable comeback to seal the 2025 F1 driver's championship, but has gone in to bat for Aussie Oscar Piastri

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