Lando Norris and McLaren blame ‘small glitch’ for shaky start at Hungarian Grand Prix
In the hours and days since the Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren is facing questions about how it guided Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to the team’s first one-two finish since the Italian Grand Prix of 2021. Much of the attention has been focused on a series of team orders given to Norris late in the […]
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris lock out the front row at the Hungarian Grand Prix
If you watched the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix midway through Sunday’s race and thought for a moment it was 2021 again, you probably weren’t alone. As the laps ticked by at the Hungaroring, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen engaged in a fierce battle for position on the track, reminiscing about one of the sport’s […]
Why Sunday is critical for Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, and McLaren
In FIA press conference At Saturday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Lando Norris was asked the question that was on everyone’s mind. Sure, he had just taken pole position in the MCL38, and with teammate Oscar Piastri qualifying second, McLaren had managed to monopolise the front row for the first time since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, […]
Lando Norris predicts eight-way fight for pole at Hungarian Grand Prix
Lando Norris got off to a flying start at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday, topping the timesheets in the second practice session, with the McLaren driver setting a stunning lap to beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, his rival in the Formula One Drivers’ Championship, by 0.243 seconds. Still, Norris believes any number of cars […]
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri flex McLaren’s muscles on Friday at the British Grand Prix
The big story in F1 this season has been how the pack behind Red Bull has closed in on the 2023 constructors’ championship and what the prospects for a title fight are as we enter the second half of the season. Who will be at the front of the pack? McLaren, the favourites in the […]
Max Verstappen admits relationship with Lando Norris was ‘only’ concern after Austrian Grand Prix
Calmness appears to have prevailed following the collision between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix. The collision ended either driver’s chances of victory at the Red Bull Ring and, with emotions running high in the media after the race, there were fears the incident would drive a rift between the friendly […]
Christian Horner backs Max Verstappen after Austrian Grand Prix crash with Lando Norris
One of the biggest questions after the Austrian Grand Prix was whether Max Verstappen and/or Lando Norris would change their racing style after a dramatic collision in the final stages of the race wiped out both drivers’ chances of victory. According to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, Verstappen would not change anything. talk Sky […]
Max Verstappen seizes victory in F1 Sprint at Austrian GP, but Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris made him earn it
During the opening lap of Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix Formula One sprint race, Max Verstappen’s rear-view mirror matched the colors filling the grandstands at the Red Bull Ring. Lots of oranges. The orange in Verstappen’s rear-view mirror was, of course, the same colour as Oscar Piastri’s MCL38 and the car of Piastri’s teammate Lando Norris, […]
Max Verstappen roars past Lando Norris again in F1 Sprint Qualifying
The roar tells the story After the chequered flag in SQ3, it looked like McLaren had monopolized the front row, as Oscar Piastri produced a brilliant lap in the MCL38 to claim provisional pole position, only for Lando Norris to beat him with a thunderous lap of his own. However, Max Verstappen was closing in […]
Lando Norris lamenting what could have been at Spanish Grand Prix
I could sense the pain and disappointment in every answer, every gesture, every word. Lando Norris believed he was within striking distance of a second Formula One victory on Sunday in Barcelona, but it slipped away. Norris started Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in first place thanks to a brilliant final lap in Saturday’s qualifying session, […]