McLaren: Monza F1 driver swap was "a matter of fairness"

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff reckons McLaren's call to ask Oscar Piastri to let Lando Norris past after a slow stop for Norris in the Italian Grand Prix was a "very difficult precedent to undo".As Norris and Piastri were on course to finish second and third behind dominant winner Max Verstappen, McLaren allowed Piastri to make his only pitstop before Norris to help defend his gap to ...Keep reading

Who performed best across the 2025 F1 Italian Grand Prix weekend?

Oliver Bearman is on the edge of a Formula 1 race ban after his penalty for clashing with Carlos Sainz during the Italian Grand Prix.The Haas driver moved on to 10 penalty points for the rolling 12-month period, meaning if he picks up two more before his next points are erased he will be handed an automatic one-race ban in F1.Bearman was given two penalty points alongside his 10-second ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman is on the edge of a Formula 1 race ban after his penalty for clashing with Carlos Sainz during the Italian Grand Prix.The Haas driver moved on to 10 penalty points for the rolling 12-month period, meaning if he picks up two more before his next points are erased he will be handed an automatic one-race ban in F1.Bearman was given two penalty points alongside his 10-second ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have finished fifth rather than sixth in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, which in itself was a respectable return given the contentious five-place grid penalty he carried over from Zandvoort.Hamilton started 10th and had to make his way past the Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda on the opening lap – with a move the Japanese driver complained was excessively forceful ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have finished fifth rather than sixth in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, which in itself was a respectable return given the contentious five-place grid penalty he carried over from Zandvoort.Read Also:Formula 1This is why Ferrari didn’t fight Lewis Hamilton's ‘harsh’ F1 Italian GP penaltyHamilton started 10th and had to make ...Keep reading

“I expect a tough, on the limit-ish defence. I don’t think you can push people into the dirt.”

“I expect a tough, on the limit-ish defence. I don’t think you can push people into the dirt.”

Toto Wolff reckons Andrea Kimi Antonelli “made too many mistakes” in a disappointing outing for the Mercedes Formula 1 team at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli crossed the line in eighth, but a five-second penalty for forcing Alex Albon off at Turn 3 dropped the 19-year-old rookie to ninth while team-mate George Russell finished fifth. Russell was 32.881s off winner Max Verstappen ...Keep reading

McLaren's decision to swap positions between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix was a matter of "fairness" and "consistency of principles", per team principal Andrea Stella.The Woking-based squad found itself facing scrutiny during the race when, after Lando Norris suffered a slow pitstop and dropped behind Oscar Piastri, it elected to swap the drivers back ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris react to McLaren's Italian Grand Prix driver swap.

Fabio di Giannantonio explained how a “chain reaction” of incidents saw him crash out of the Catalan MotoGP.

Acosta was the only ride to run the soft rear in the Catalan MotoGP

The 2025 Formula 1 championship fight is very unlike many that have come before.It is being fought by McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, but even as the season approaches its end, the pair are still playing ‘happy family’ rather than the intra-team bust-ups of years gone by like that of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.That was seen on Sunday at the Italian Grand Prix when ...Keep reading

George Russell can't understand Max Verstappen's return to form at the Italian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton left upbeat after strong Italian Grand Prix recovery drive.

Alex Marquez got his “revenge” on Turn 10 in Barcelona, claiming victory in the Catalan Grand Prix and raising the middle finger at the corner that had cost him a likely MotoGP sprint race win.The Gresini rider was on course for victory in Saturday’s sprint race but made a mistake into the tricky left-hander and ended up on the ground.However, just a day later, he bounced back from ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez says the mistake he made while leading Saturday’s MotoGP sprint acted as a lesson and helped him score victory in the Catalan Grand Prix.The Gresini rider threw away a likely win in the half-distance race in Barcelona after crashing at the notoriously difficult Turn 10 with four laps to go.However, the Spaniard put that setback behind him to win the grand prix on Sunday ...Keep reading