Nicolas Lopes

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Norris admits he “clouded” Piastri’s first F1 win with team orders row that “went on for too long”

A few days after a somewhat controversial Hungarian GP that saw Oscar Piastri secure his maiden grand prix victory after a team orders row that dominated the radio chatter in the last 20 laps of the race, both drivers have now had time to react ahead of this weekend’s Belgian GP. Lando Norris spent much…

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Stella: Norris demonstrated “racer” spirit but played “team role” in F1 Hungarian GP team orders row

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella dismissed claims Lando Norris took too long to let Oscar Piastri through in the late stages of the race, after the Australian got undercut by his team-mate in the final round of stops after leading the race since the start. Norris reluctantly let Piastri go with just three laps of…

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Verstappen: I got “shit thrown at me” in Austria for same move that Hamilton did in Hungarian F1 GP clash

Max Verstappen was left unimpressed after colliding with Lewis Hamilton late on at the Hungarian GP, expressing his frustration for getting “shit thrown” at him for moving under braking at the Austrian GP, as he felt Hamilton did the same in the late stages in Budapest. The Dutchman was already frustrated with the strategy that…

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“It’s probably higher than it’s ever been” — Norris says there’s a lot of “confidence” in McLaren F1 team

After a spate of strategic errors from the team last time out at the British GP, Lando Norris has defended the squad, saying the team can only improve from here after learning from the past mistakes, which are “simple things” that will come as the team spends more time battling at the very front of…

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Verstappen relieved to secure P2 after “poor afternoon” in F1 British GP: “It was looking like P5 or P6”

Max Verstappen finished a close second at the 2024 British GP, just over a second back from race winner Lewis Hamilton. But it wasn’t always looking that competitive for the Dutchman, who at points fell a long way back from the leading contenders at the early stages, as he struggled for grip in his RB20…

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Hamilton “knew” that the rain was “his moment to pounce” in F1 British GP

The seven-time world champion won the 2024 British GP after a difficult dry-wet-dry race to score a record-breaking 9th victory at a single circuit, and his first since the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP, nearly three years ago. And that hiatus for the driver that was the most races in F1 history clearly left its mark,…

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F1 | British GP | Qualifying | Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 in Silverstone; Verstappen P4 as Perez goes out in Q1

Q1 After a rain-hit FP3 session and some more rain in between the sessions, the start of qualifying for the British GP saw the sun come out between the clouds, but the track was still damp from the earlier weather. Most drivers headed out on the green-walled intermediate tyres in the damp circuit. But Valtteri…

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Verstappen insists he wasn’t “moving under braking” in his clash with Norris at F1 Austrian GP

Max Verstappen says his defensive moves against Lando Norris at the closing stages of the Austrian GP were undeserving of the “severe” 10-second time penalty that he got for causing a collision with the McLaren driver on lap 64. Verstappen had led the early and middle stages of the race comfortably, but a slow final…

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Norris says he “expected more” from “reckless” Verstappen after F1 Austrian GP clash

Lando Norris failed to see the chequered flag at the 2024 Austrian GP after a late collision with Max Verstappen in turn three, which resulted in severe damage to the McLaren and relegated him to not finishing a race that he was so close to taking the lead. After a difficult first couple of stints…

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