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Post-race of a strategically complex 2025 F1 Mexico City GP raised questions on the divergent strategies of McLaren; while teammate, Lando Norris, won on an optimal one-stop strategy, Oscar Piastri was moved to a two-stop strategy. He finished P5 in the end. The decision left many wondering why the team didn’t allow Piastri possessing clear…
After the F1 Mexico City GP, Jack Villeneuve addressed Oscar Piastri’s lack of momentum ahead of the final charge for the championship. Oscar Piastri is well and truly in the fight for the 2025 F1 Drivers’ Championship. He has been leading it since the Saudi Arabia GP. However, he has struggled in recent races, which…
In a statement on Friday afternoon, the FIA has confirmed that Liam Lawson has no responsibility for what happened in a scary moment with marshals at the F1 Mexico City GP. As the New Zealander exited the pits on lap 3 following a front wing change after a collision in turn 1 with Carlos Sainz,…
Williams’ Carlos Sainz reflects on his disaster F1 Mexico City GP after the Spaniard endured multiple penalties en route to a disappointing DNF in the closing stages. Williams’ Carlos Sainz endured a difficult and disappointing outing in Mexico City last weekend. Starting from a lowly P12 carrying a penalty from Austin, the Spaniard found himself…
Luck is not on Fernando Alonso’s side, as suffered his fourth F1 Mexico City GP DNF in succession. After suffering minor damage to his front wing brake issues appeared, forcing him to retire in lap 34. Unable to manage brakes “I think the front wing [contact] was at the start,” Alonso reflected on his race…
It was a disappointing F1 North American doubleheader for Williams and James Vowles in the Grands Prix as Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon failed to score a point for the team. In fact, the team has failed to get both drivers in the points at the same race since Monaco, excluding Sprints. After the Thai…
Alex Albon finished the F1 Mexico City GP in P12 after a difficult race. The Williams driver was one of two who opted to start on the hard tyre, along with Franco Collapinto. This was not the preffered strategy, with most of the grid starting on the soft tyre compund and switching to the medium…
With just three points separating Racing Bulls in P6 and Aston Martin in P7, both teams are hungry to bag any and every available point. What makes them even more desperate is the 39-point gap Williams is sitting comfortably with for P5 in the table. Precisely because of these reasons, Racing Bulls looked to be…
Yuki Tsunoda came into Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with a can-do attitude for Sunday’s race at the F1 Mexico City GP, hopeful that a points finish was imminent. However, he left rather frustrated after landing P11 at a race where he believed extracting points from the RB21 would be straightforward. Starting his race from P10, the…
Mercedes’ team orders took centre stage at the F1 Mexico City GP. After George Russell dropped behind Kimi Antonelli early on, the team let him through on Lap 41 to chase Ollie Bearman. When the move didn’t bring results and Russell’s tyres began to fade, Mercedes reversed the swap near the end. Antonelli finished P6…
