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Oscar Piastri struggled to find pace as his fellow championship contenders Max Verstappen and Lando Norris brought home big points at the F1 US GP. The Australian driver finished P5, 29 seconds behind his McLaren teammate in P2, a rare imbalance of performance between the two. Piastri on his struggle for pace and the status…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a dominant victory from pole position at the 2025 F1 US GP, capping off what he described as a “perfect weekend” in Austin, after also winning the Sprint on Saturday. The Dutchman was pretty much unchallenged all race, as Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari didn’t have the pace to keep up, but…
Carlos Sainz has been handed a 5-place grid penalty for the F1 Mexico City GP after a collision with Kimi Antonelli on lap 6 of the US GP this afternoon. The Spanaird, who finished a stonking P3 in the Sprint, looked fast in the race. He overtook Ollie Bearman on the second lap. Into turn…
The paddock returned to the Circuit of the Americas for the F1 US GP Race. Max Verstappen had dominated the weekend to that point: he secured Sprint pole, won the dash for a third successive year, and then claimed Grand Prix pole despite being unable to start a second flying lap in Q3. Having won…
Kimi Antonelli will line up seventh on the grid for the F1 US GP. The rookie delivered a solid performance in the Qualifying session turning the weekend around. On Friday, Antonelli found himself 11th in Sprint Qualifying. After a messy session, the Sprint race gained him one point as a result of Ollie Bearman receiving…
Only 0.316s separated George Russell from P1 in Qualifying for the F1 US GP. However, those few hundreds of a second convert into a second row start for the Mercedes driver, with the F1 grid incredibly closing up with 6 races left in the 2025 season. An incredibly tight grid What left Russell even more…
Fernando Alonso will start P10 in the F1 US GP after making Q3 for the second consecutive day. A P6 in the Sprint qualifying one was a big surprise, but it was back to a more normal spot on Saturday as Ferrari got their act together, and Kimi Antonelli had a much better session as…
The F1 US GP Qualifying brought out quite a lot of frustrations over traffic, which ended up being the case for Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson. The two drivers both had a great chance at making it to Q3 for Sunday’s Grand Prix. Yet, some incidents around COTA saw them finish P12 and P13. Looking…
Saturday at the 2025 F1 US GP proved disappointing for McLaren Racing, as both drivers suffered a first-lap double retirement in the Sprint Race and delivered a qualifying performance below the team’s usual standards. Team Principal Andrea Stella reflected on the setbacks, acknowledging a tough day for the team. Once again, it was Max Verstappen…
The recent excellent form of Carlos Sainz continued as he qualified P9 for the F1 US GP. In the Sprint earlier on Saturday, the 31-year-old avoided the chaos at the start to bag a fine P3. Speaking in the print media pen after qualifying, Sainz said his P9 grid slot for the F1 US GP…
