Oscar Piastri can’t explain ‘mystery’ lack of pace after Mexico City GP qualifying struggles

Oscar Piastri will start the 2025 Mexico City GP from seventh rather than eighth on the grid, thanks to Carlos Sainz’s five-place penalty, but that will be of little comfort given that the Formula 1 championship leader’s fastest Q3 lap was 0.588s off McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Mexico GP: Norris takes supreme pole as Piastri faltersFormula ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri will start the 2025 Mexico City GP from seventh rather than eighth on the grid, thanks to Carlos Sainz’s five-place penalty, but that will be of little comfort given that the Formula 1 championship leader’s fastest Q3 lap was 0.588s off McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.Piastri has been unable to explain the deficit he has carried to Norris all through the weekend, though team ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says his Red Bull Formula 1 car "just isn't working" at the Mexico Grand Prix, after qualifying fifth on Saturday.The reigning world champion reignited the title battle with his third win out of four races in last week's United States Grand Prix, bringing his gap to leader Oscar Piastri down to 40 points.It left Verstappen with his fate in his own hands, but still requiring ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella revealed that Oscar Piastri was losing "a few milliseconds" in every corner to his team-mate Lando Norris during the Mexico Grand Prix qualifying.While Norris secured pole position for the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Piastri qualified in P8 but will start the race from P7 after Carlos Sainz takes a five-place grid penalty carried over from ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says his Red Bull Formula 1 car "just isn't working" at the Mexico Grand Prix, after qualifying fifth on Saturday.The reigning world champion reignited the title battle with his third win out of four races in last week's United States Grand Prix, bringing his gap to leader Oscar Piastri down to 40 points.It left Verstappen with his fate in his own hands, but still requiring ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says he needs rivals to "retire" in order to move forward in Sunday's race.

Facing a must-win situation, William Byron earned a critical pole position at Martinsville Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver lapped the half-mile short track in 19.286s, beating Ty Gibbs by just fractions — 0.002s — for pole.This is Byron's 16th career pole and his third of the 2025 season, but the two-time Martinsville winner has never started on the front row for this ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has championed the improved processes at Ferrari after securing P3 on the starting grid for the Mexico Grand Prix. The seven-time champion is set to start the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in third behind polesitter Lando Norris and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in second. "This is the first time we've both [Hamilton and Leclerc] been in the top three ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri was at a loss to explain his lack of pace in qualifying in Mexico City.

Lando Norris qualified on pole position for the Mexico Grand Prix while his team-mate and current drivers' championship leader Oscar Piastri will start as far back as seventh. After delivering a decisive final lap at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Norris is happy to be leading Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Talking after a comfortable session for the driver, the Briton ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Mexico Grand Prix is set to be another key race in the 2025 title race.Championship leader Oscar Piastri has been struggling at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and will start the race from seventh, having gained a spot following Carlos Sainz' carryover grid penalty from Austin.Meanwhile, Piastri's team-mate and closest challenger Lando Norris seized pole position, and a resurgent ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz got a five-place grid drop for colliding with Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the United States Grand Prix.1  Lando Norris (McLaren)        2      Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)3  Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris has secured a crucial pole in the 2025 Formula 1 title race at the Mexico Grand Prix, amid struggles for rivals Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.At Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Norris fended off a challenge from Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to secure his first pole since the Belgian Grand Prix, toppling initial Q3 leader Leclerc with a ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris has secured a crucial pole in the 2025 Formula 1 title race at the Mexico Grand Prix, amid struggles for rivals Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.At Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Norris fended off a challenge from Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to secure his first pole since the Belgian Grand Prix, toppling initial Q3 leader Leclerc with a ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris has secured a crucial pole in the 2025 Formula 1 title race at the Mexico Grand Prix, amid struggles for rivals Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.At Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Norris fended off a challenge from Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to secure his first pole since the Belgian Grand Prix, toppling initial Q3 leader Leclerc with a ...Keep reading

Lando Norris starts on pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Lando Norris starts on pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.McLarenOscar ...Keep reading