The 2024 season was bountiful for Oscar Piastri. With two wins and eight podiums, the Aussie made strides in his second season. His growth as a driver put him in 6th place in our F1 driver rankings. Opening stint The season started slow for McLaren. With Max Verstappen continuing his 2023 form and the RB20…
McLaren left the Abu Dhabi GP as the ultimate winners as they were crowned Constructors’ Champions, thanks to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri behind the wheel. After an intense battle with Ferrari for the title, McLaren ended the season with the trophy for the first time since 1998. They were thrown out of the 2007…
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have started a massive weekend for McLaren on the front foot as they qualified P1 and P3 for the F1 Sprint at the Qatar GP. The physical nature of the Lusail circuit All 20 drivers face a massive challenge in Qatar as the track is quite unrelenting with lots of…
Oscar Piastri finished the Las Vegas GP in 7th place, over 51 seconds off the lead. In a season where he’s won 2 races and is 4th in the standings, this was far from a success. His teammate Lando Norris finished 6th and 43 seconds off Russell, officially losing the World Drivers’ Championship to Max…
The Brazil Grand Prix Sprint saw McLaren make strategic moves to support Lando Norris’s position in the Drivers’ Championship as Oscar Piastri gave up the victory. The McLarens began by holding their positions firmly, while Max Verstappen made an early attempt to challenge Charles Leclerc for third. This battle between Verstappen and Leclerc allowed both…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella is very pleased with how things are going and the pressure other teams are feeling, despite agreeing to cease use of its flexing rear wing element going forward. The Italian feels the episode will be a net positive for the team as they seek to stay atop the constructors’ table…
After the stir of the rear wing flap seemingly opening during the Azerbaijan GP for McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari have criticized how the wing flexes, bending the edges and opening the slot gap, which doesn’t comply with FIA regulations. Which then came into an end Thursday evening of the Singapore Grand Prix when the…
Despite a promising Saturday qualifying session which earned him a P4 starting position, ahead of his teammate and current leader in the World Drivers’ Championship Max Verstappen, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend was, ultimately, a disappointing one, with the Oracle Red Bull Racing driver unable to finish the race due to a shared-fault…
Following Oscar Piastri’s victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lando Norris says he is ‘very happy’ and ‘proud’ of what seems to be McLaren’s ‘mini-DRS’ as the British outfit is under close watch after the win. There was a controversy with the McLaren’s title contender car after footage circulated of the MCL38’s rear…
Despite starting the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix race from pole position, Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was unable to secure his third win of the season, instead finishing second behind McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. While speaking ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, Leclerc, who had led the race during the first stint on the medium tyres and…
