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Toto Wolff is confident that F1 rookie, Kimi Antonelli will show his tremendous potential as he partners with George Russell for 2025.

Wolff and Horner agree on F1 team orders at McLaren: “It’s always a difficult position” but they need to decide

Anna Elizabeth Krausová7 months ago06 mins

With nine races remaining till the end of the season, McLaren finds themselves in a contention not only for the Constructors’ Championship title, but also in a possible fight for the Drivers’ Championship. The gap between Lando Norris and defending champion Max Verstappen currently sits at 62 points, while McLaren is only 8 points behind…

Stella says McLaren will review if they need to “adjust the papaya rules” to pursue both F1 Championships after failing to capitalise at F1 Italian GP

David Coath7 months ago7 months ago017 mins

McLaren may have closed out the front row in qualifying for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix but the team had to settle for P2 and P3 by the time the chequered flag fell in Monza after Charles Leclerc’s superb one-stop race win. With many a critic claiming beforehand that this was McLaren’s race to lose, Team…

Norris: “Today our race car was probably not quite good enough” to beat Leclerc in F1 Italian GP

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 months ago04 mins

The McLaren driver wasn’t able to secure an eventual third win of the season in Monza from pole. Norris lost the lead of the race on the first lap to his teammate Oscar Piastri, and Ferrari’s audacious one stop strategy eventually secured Charles Leclerc the top spot. The Brit was left deeply unsatisfied by his…

Norris: I thought pole lap was “already over” after mistake in the first corner of F1 Italian GP Q3

Nicolas Lopes7 months ago010 mins

After taking his fourth pole position of the 2024 season and his second in consecutive weekends at the 2024 Italian GP, Lando Norris admitted he thought his efforts wouldn’t be rewarded after a mistake at the very first chicane in his final Q3 run cost him “a tenth-and-a-half”. But the Briton didn’t hold back in…

F1 | Italian GP | Qualifying | Norris storms Monza to take Pole Position, Verstappen will start a lowly P7

Fernanda Álvarez7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

Qualifying kicked off in Monza with high expectations on the Mercedes and Ferrari garage after an FP3 in early Saturday morning that saw the team from Brackley leading the session with a 1-2 and Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari with a promising pace ahead of racing in front of the Italian Tifosis. Q1 Maranello’s home drivers went…

F1 | Italian GP | FP1 | Verstappen quickest from Leclerc and Norris as Antonelli crashes out in free practice debut

Magdalena Put7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

Round 16 of 24 takes place in Monza, Italy. Franco Colapinto will be driving for Williams for the remainder of the season, replacing Logan Sargeant, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli gets behind the wheel of the Mercedes for FP1. There is a great deal of excitement surrounding the Italian teenager, who is tipped to join Mercedes…

Favouring the number one driver completely is “not a healthy way of running a team” — Stella on team orders as Norris pursues his first F1 title

Senjuti Jash7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

The 2024 Dutch Grand Prix witnessed McLaren securing their first victory on the circuit since 1985, as Lando Norris controlled the race in a commanding manner after taking the lead back from Max Verstappen on lap 18 and winning by a whopping margin of 22.896 seconds. Norris managed to claw back eight points as the…

“The pressure is on us to respond” — Horner aware of McLaren threat in both championships following heavy F1 Dutch GP defeat

Karishma Persad7 months ago7 months ago018 mins

Christian Horner, Team Principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing, has admitted that there were several factors which resulted in his team being unable to match the performance of McLaren’s Lando Norris at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. “I think that there’s probably a couple of things,” Horner said while speaking with the media following Sunday’s…

Piastri has ‘some things to work on’ after F1 Dutch GP: “Ultimately this weekend, I don’t think I was at Lando’s level”

David Coath7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

Lando Norris’ pace was clear for all to see this past weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix. However, whereas the driver of the number 4 car claimed his second-career grand prix victory, his teammate Oscar Piastri did not even make it to the podium and finished P4. The Australian regretted his qualifying performance putting him…

Stella praises “absolutely faultless” Norris after dominant F1 Dutch GP win

Nicolas Lopes7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella was full of praise for Lando Norris following the Briton’s crushingly dominant win at the 2024 Dutch GP, in which he beat Max Verstappen by over 22 seconds in the Dutchman’s home race. Whilst the final winning margin and the overall superior car performance that allowed them to win…