McLaren “a long way” from prioritising Piastri despite Verstappen's F1 title gains

It's that time of year again. The F1 circus is off sunning itself on its mid-summer break, drivers and teams alike are taking a much-needed and well-deserved breather from the frenetic nature of one grand prix after another - and everybody seems to be talking about who will be driving where in 2010. Here at Crash.net there is no exception, so we have put together a list of likely options and moves between this season and next, who is in favour and who is likely heading out of the door. The drivers have been listed in order of present championship position.

Global music superstars Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Simple Minds, ZZ Top and N.E.R.D have all been lined up by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to rock the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix next month - though ticket sales for the island city-state's second race are still struggling to get off the starting grid.

BMW has dropped hints that it may be willing to follow fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in supplying 'customer' versions of its engines to other F1 teams - with suggestions the Bavarian marque has Red Bull Racing as its prime target.

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

Organisers of Austin's United States Grand Prix have agreed an eight-year contract extension with Formula 1 to host the race until the 2034 season.The Circuit of the Americas revived the US Grand Prix in 2012 after a four-year hiatus and the challenging 5.5km road course proved an instant hit with drivers.Following the rise of F1 in the US in the wake of Netflix's Drive to Survive success ...Keep reading

Organisers of Austin's United States Grand Prix have agreed an eight-year contract extension with Formula 1 to host the race until the 2034 season.The Circuit of the Americas revived the US Grand Prix in 2012 after a four-year hiatus and the challenging 5.5km road course proved an instant hit with drivers.Following the rise of F1 in the US in the wake of Netflix's Drive to Survive success ...Keep reading

If you can’t remember what happened in Formula 1’s 2024 United States Grand Prix, that’s no surprise.Last year’s race at the Circuit of the Americas was dominated by Charles Leclerc, who snatched the lead at the start and was subsequently never at threat.One reason for the rather uneventful 2024 contest was the lack of strategy variety, with 15 finishers out of 19 running a ...Keep reading

Trackhouse MotoGP boss Davide Brivio joked that it was “feeling pressure” from the American squad’s success in NASCAR after achieving a debut win at the Australian Grand Prix.Raul Fernandez led the majority of the race at Phillip Island from fourth on the grid, taking Trackhouse’s satellite Aprilia RS-GP to victory lane by 1.4s.It marked the first victory in MotoGP for the North ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari has improved its processes in Formula 1, following a satisfying qualifying performance at the United States Grand Prix.Hamilton qualified in the top five for the eighth time out of 19 grands prix so far this year, with his deficit to second-placed Lando Norris and team-mate Charles Leclerc just over one-tenth of a second.Read Also:Formula 1What we ...Keep reading

McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella says his squad is "a long way" from backing championship leader Oscar Piastri over Lando Norris.The 2025 title fight long looked like a two-horse race between the McLaren team-mates, but Red Bull's resurgence has provided Max Verstappen with an outside chance of taking a fifth consecutive title, with Verstappen winning two out of the last three ...Keep reading

Trackhouse first appeared as a race team in 2021 when they entered the NASCAR Cup Series as an unremarkable single-car team. However, when they bought Chip Ganassi Racing in its entirety, they shocked the NASCAR world and got everyone to pay attention to them, and not for the last time.Since then, Trackhouse has branched out and now fields three full-time entries in the Cup Series, as well as ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera boosted his hopes of a third World Rally Championship title after taking a dominant victory at the Central European Rally, helping Toyota seal a ninth constructors’ crown. A matter of days after announcing plans to leave the WRC at the end of the year for a bold career move to single seater racing, the Finn delivered a stunning display to claim a third win of the year as ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera boosted his hopes of a third World Rally Championship title after taking a dominant victory at the Central European Rally, helping Toyota seal a ninth constructors’ crown. A matter of days after announcing plans to leave the WRC at the end of the year for a bold career move to single seater racing, the Finn delivered a stunning display to claim a third win of the year as ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says “a couple of features” explain Oscar Piastri’s atypically uncompetitive pace this weekend at the United States Grand Prix.Piastri was three tenths down on team-mate Lando Norris in free practice and both qualifying sessions, marking some of his worst drives of the season in terms of one-lap pace.The championship leader lamented a ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says “a couple of features” explain Oscar Piastri’s atypically uncompetitive pace this weekend at the United States Grand Prix.Piastri was three tenths down on team-mate Lando Norris in free practice and both qualifying sessions, marking some of his worst drives of the season in terms of one-lap pace.The championship leader lamented a ...Keep reading

Saturday in Austin turned out to be an even better day than expected for Max Verstappen's championship hopes. The Dutchman saw both McLarens drop out of the sprint, scored eight points himself, and later that day secured pole-position for the grand prix.  Despite that, Verstappen and Red Bull were not entirely satisfied with the car’s balance during the sprint. The reigning world champion ...Keep reading

Saturday in Austin turned out to be an even better day than expected for Max Verstappen's championship hopes. The Dutchman saw both McLarens drop out of the sprint, scored eight points himself, and later that day secured pole-position for the grand prix.  Despite that, Verstappen and Red Bull were not entirely satisfied with the car’s balance during the sprint. The reigning world champion ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman feared he might get a Formula 1 race ban after committing a track-limits violation in his sprint battle with Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the United States Grand Prix.Antonelli attacked Bearman for the last points-paying position on lap 14 of 19 in the Turn 15 section, with the Mercedes ahead at the apex but the Haas driver sweeping around the outside – all the way beyond the ...Keep reading