2 h. ago Oscar Piastri bullish over F1 title chances: ‘I’d rather be where I am’

Lando Norris is now only 14 points behind Piastri with Max Verstappen 40 points back

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3 h. ago Max Verstappen closes in on stunning F1 title comeback after perfect weekend in Austin

Verstappen cruised to victory and now trails Oscar Piastri by just 40 points, while Lando Norris sealed second after a tussle with Charles Leclerc

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3 h. ago Oscar Piastri bullish over F1 title chances despite seeing championship lead cut

Lando Norris is now only 14 points behind his McLaren team-mate, with Max Verstappen 40 points back after his victory at the United States Grand Prix.

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4 h. ago Max Verstappen issues F1 title war cry after stellar US GP win as McLaren feel the heat

Oscar Piastri failed to make progress and opened the door for Max Verstappen to take a huge chunk out of his championship lead and pile the pressure on McLaren in the F1 drivers' title race

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5 h. ago F1 standings after US Grand Prix as Lando Norris closes gap to Oscar Piastri

Norris finished on the podium in Austin after another difficult weekend for Piastri

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5 h. ago Verstappen cruises to victory in F1 US Grand Prix to pile pressure on McLarens

Lando Norris overtakes Charles Leclerc to finish secondPiastri manages fifth with rivals closing in on title leadMax Verstappen won the US Grand Prix with a dominant run for Red Bull at the Circuit of the Americas, and with victory he has staked his claim as a genuine contender in an increasingly tight Formula One world championship battle – his title rival Lando Norris beaten into second and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc into third.With Norris’s McLaren teammate, and the championship leader, Oscar Piastri managing only fifth place from sixth on the grid, the F1 meeting in Austin has set up an enormously tense run-in as the season enters its final five meetings, with Norris closing to within just 14 points of his teammate. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago McLaren stance on making Oscar Piastri No.1 driver as Max Verstappen ramps up pressure

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have been told that McLaren are 'a long way' from enacting team orders to protect against Max Verstappen, who is closing in on the duo

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14 h. ago Lando Norris' McLaren punishment 'not a big deal' as he and Oscar Piastri crash AGAIN

McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided in the last race at Singapore - doing so again on Saturday in America - but the penalty for the Brit is only a minor one

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19 h. ago Oscar Piastri claims costly crash with teammate Lando Norris was a ‘racing incident’

Piastri and Norris both retired from the sprint race as Max Verstappen made up ground in the chase for the world title

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26 h. ago Oscar Piastri defends himself after ‘racing incident’ ends sprint race

Piastri and his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris crashed out during the collision on the first lap in Austin.

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27 h. ago Verstappen takes F1 US GP pole after sprint victory to turn up heat on Norris and Piastri

Lando Norris is second on grid, Oscar Piastri is sixthMax Verstappen won sprint after McLarens collidedMax Verstappen claimed pole position for the US Grand Prix with an immense lap for Red Bull at the Circuit of the Americas. However the day was marked by yet another incident between the two world championship contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, with the latter crashing into Norris on the opening lap of the sprint race taking them both out and leaving McLaren with a headache as to how they manage their drivers.Verstappen had been all but untouchable throughout qualifying, his lead over Norris in second place was a full three-tenths, an age on this track. However in what is an increasingly tense title fight Piastri’s difficult weekend continued as he managed only sixth on the grid. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton took third and fifth for Ferrari, with Mercedes’ George Russell in fourth. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Max Verstappen moves into world title picture after super Saturday in Austin

The Dutchman won the sprint earlier in the day before storming to pole position at the Circuit of the Americas.

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29 h. ago United States Grand Prix: Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris crash out as Max Verstappen wins sprint

Red Bull driver is having a late resurgence

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31 h. ago Max Verstappen gifted route back into F1 title race as McLarens crash out at US Grand Prix

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both crashed out at the first corner of the US Grand Prix Sprint race and Max Verstappen took full advantage to cut McLaren's F1 championship lead

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31 h. ago Verstappen wins sprint race after Norris and Piastri collide, before US Grand Prix qualifying – live

Updates from the Circuit of the Americas (10pm BST)Sprint race winner | Email Beau with your thoughtsLando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided with each other on the first lap again as the title rivals were both dumped out of the United States sprint.The buildup to the weekend has been dominated by the “consequences” imposed by McLaren on Norris after the team held him responsible for banging wheels with Piastri in Singapore a fortnight ago. That minor tap paled into insignificance compared with the carnage at turn one of Saturday’s sprint in Austin, as Norris was left with only three tyres on his car. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collide in sprint carnage at US Grand Prix

Norris and Piastri were both dumped out of the sprint race in a chaotic start as Verstappen triumphed

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32 h. ago Fuming McLaren boss responds to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri crash

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were both taken out of the United States Grand Prix Sprint race on the first lap after a collision with Nico Hulkenberg

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41 h. ago Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to sprint pole at United States Grand Prix

Reigning four-time world champion continues resurgence in Austin to increase McLaren fears

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51 h. ago Risk of wheel bashing and strategy sets up complicated US Grand Prix

McLaren’s total dominance has gone and Norris and Piastri’s title race head-to-head is no longer such a binary affairAt the mid-point of this season it might have been considered that the title fight between McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri would simply be decided by which driver had the edge to take the flag at each remaining meeting. Going into this weekend’s US Grand Prix, however, the contest has become far more complicated and far more interesting.While only 22 points separate the pair neither has now won for three races, the team’s longest drought of the season. Moreover, they have been beaten on merit across a variety of tracks. At the fast, low downforce challenge of Monza and Baku, where Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the flag, and the slow, high downforce of Singapore, where Mercedes’ George Russell more than had their measure. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago McLaren confirms US Grand Prix interference as Lando Norris handicapped vs Oscar Piastri

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri made contact on the opening lap of the Singapore Grand Prix, with the McLaren driver now facing what he called 'repercussions' at the US Grand Prix

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