31 h. ago Lando Norris identifies 'genuine' Max Verstappen threat and scoffs at Oscar Piastri claim

Max Verstappen is 69 points behind F1 standings leader Oscar Piastri with back-to-back wins piling pressure on the McLaren driver and his team-mate Lando Norris in the title race

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35 h. ago McLaren taking former driver ‘to the cleaners’ after contract breach, court told

IndyCar racer Alex Palou agreed to join McLaren in 2022 but returned to his former team in 2023.

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1 week ago Even Michael Schumacher had weekends like Piastri, insists McLaren chief

Australian leads standings but crashed early in BakuMistake ends driver’s 34-race points scoring streakThe McLaren team principal, Andrea Stella, has backed Oscar Piastri to come back strongly after crashing out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, pointedly noting that even the seven-time champion Michael Schumacher made similar errors.Piastri leads the world championship, but endured a shocking weekend in Baku, where the race was won by Max Verstappen from pole. Piastri crashed out in qualifying leaving him ninth on the grid and on Sunday made a false start and the car entered anti-stall, dropping him to the back of the field. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lando Norris wants to be seen as a ‘good guy’ despite tension of title battle

Norris arrives in Baku for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix 31 points adrift of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.

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2 w. ago Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2025: Start time, how to watch F1 and weather forecast

McLaren hope to move on from Monza team orders controversy as Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris title battle moves to streets of Baku

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2 w. ago Lando Norris blasts McLaren critics with 'don't care' comment over F1 team orders row

McLaren were criticised after the Italian Grand Prix for the team order they issued to Oscar Piastri, telling him to let Lando Norris by after the Brit lost position due to a slow pit stop

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2 w. ago Kimi Antonelli opens up on Toto Wolff talks after Mercedes chief's public criticism

Kimi Antonelli has responded to Toto Wolff's comments after the Italian Grand Prix, where the Mercedes team principal labelled the 19-year-old's performance 'underwhelming'

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2 w. ago Oscar Piastri remains coy on McLaren F1 team orders debate: ‘It stays between us’

F1 championship leader Piastri relinquished second place for Lando Norris at the last race in Italy

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2 w. ago Oscar Piastri makes 'definitely not' F1 title vow after McLaren team orders at Monza

Oscar Piastri heads into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 31 points ahead of Lando Norris, a gap six points smaller than it would have been had McLaren not issued team orders at Monza last time out

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2 w. ago Hamilton vs Rosberg proves McLaren can't control Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri battle

Lando Norris is 31 points behind Oscar Piastri in a tight Formula 1 title fight and McLaren have done themselves no favours with how they handled things at Monza last Sunday

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3 w. ago Mercedes told dropping Kimi Antonelli for experienced F1 rival is 'better for him'

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has been urged to take struggling teenager Kimi Antonelli out of the firing line and strike a swap deal for a rival Formula 1 driver

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3 w. ago Toto Wolff warns McLaren they have ‘set a precedent’ after team order in Monza

Championship leader Oscar Piastri was ordered to move aside for Lando Norris after the Briton’s slow pit-stop

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3 w. ago Oscar Piastri’s instinct was right – have McLaren’s F1 team orders gone too far?

Comment: Piastri adhered to his pit-wall and conceded second place to title rival Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix, but can harmony at McLaren really last with a maiden world championship at stake?

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3 w. ago Piastri and Norris say team is ‘priority No 1’ amid McLaren team orders controversy

Wolff warns that managing drivers may get trickierPiastri: ‘Protecting the people around us is important’Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have both insisted that protecting their teammates was central to McLaren’s use of team orders at the Italian Grand Prix and that they were focused on long-term success that would be fostered by doing the right thing, despite criticism after they were instructed to switch places at Monza.The Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, however, also noted McLaren’s adherence to such strongly held principles of fairness for their drivers may yet cause them serious headaches later in the season if Norris and Piastri end up toe-to-toe for the title. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago McLaren given team orders warning from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff after Italian GP

Championship leader Oscar Piastri was ordered to move aside for title rival Lando Norris after the Briton’s slow pit-stop at Monza.

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3 w. ago F1 conspiracy theory erupts as Oscar Piastri is 'ripped off' by own team

Piastri did a great job of hiding any anger he may have had over McLaren's team orders at the Italian Grand Prix, but fans did not hold back as they reacted.

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3 w. ago F1 news LIVE: Piastri reacts to controversial McLaren team order in Monza

Follow F1 reaction from Monza, as Verstappen takes victory ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

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3 w. ago Lando Norris defends team orders after McLaren hand him Oscar Piastri’s place

Australian told to let Norris pass after pit-stop errorPiastri has ‘no regrets’ after championship lead cutLando Norris bullishly dismissed criticism of McLaren for using team orders at the Italian Grand Prix, saying the team would continue to do what they felt was right “no matter what people say”. His teammate Oscar Piastri, who ceded his place to the British driver, also maintained he had no regrets in agreeing to do so.The race was won by Max Verstappen for Red Bull, with the world champion enjoying enormous pace at Monza, while Norris and Piastri followed in second and third place. After Norris had held second almost the entire race, he dropped behind his teammate because of a slow pit stop caused by a wheel gun issue in the last laps and McLaren ordered the Australian to give the place back. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lando Norris booed on podium after McLaren team orders at Italian Grand Prix

Norris finished runner-up to Red Bull’s winner Max Verstappen at Monza.

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3 w. ago Oscar Piastri follows contentious McLaren order as Max Verstappen wins in Monza

Piastri was told by McLaren to move aside for team-mate Lando Norris, who was able to take second place

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