McLaren explains why Oscar Piastri has been struggling at F1 US GP

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

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

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

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

Francesco Bagnaia says he crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix because he was determined not to finish last again after a dreadful showing in Saturday’s sprint.Starting the race from 14th on the grid after a three-place penalty for impeding a rival in qualifying, Bagnaia initially lost ground and dropped as low as 18th in the early stages of the race.However, he mounted an impressive ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says he crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix because he was determined not to finish last again after a dreadful showing in Saturday’s sprint.Starting the race from 14th on the grid after a three-place penalty for impeding a rival in qualifying, Bagnaia initially lost ground and dropped as low as 18th in the early stages of the race.However, he mounted an impressive ...Keep reading

Valentino Rossi helped the No.46 BMW to a win in the IGTC race at Indianapolis

When Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri bumped wheels on the opening lap of the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago, an incident that defined the finishing order of the two McLarens in the race, Piastri was promised a "detailed, and very analytical" review.The outcome was that Norris would face "repercussions" in the form of mild disciplinary sanctions, the nature of which have been the subject ...Keep reading

When Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri bumped wheels on the opening lap of the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago, an incident that defined the finishing order of the two McLarens in the race, Piastri was promised a "detailed, and very analytical" review.The outcome was that Norris would face "repercussions" in the form of mild disciplinary sanctions, the nature of which have been the subject ...Keep reading