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…
Red Bull brought a significant upgrade to Hungary, hoping to offset their weaknesses and enhance performance. Max Verstappen’s weekend-long frustration suggests that it did not deliver the improvement the team had hoped for. After missing out on pole and qualifying third, Verstappen remarked: “With all those updates it’s still not good enough. (…) I was…
McLaren’s messy management of the Hungarian Grand Prix is one of the big talking points to come out of Sunday’s race. At the start, Oscar Piastri got a slightly better launch and took the lead from Lando Norris into turn 1. From there, he was controlling the race by 4s, although he did have a…
Christian Horner concedes that Red Bull has to find more raw speed with the RB20 after a lacklustre Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. Red Bull and Max Verstappen lead both championships but haven’t won a Grand Prix in the last three races. Budapest was also their second event without a podium after a missed opportunity in…
Lando Norris looked to be favourite for the Hungarian GP after taking pole position, but he crossed the line in second position as his teammate Oscar Piastri takes his maiden F1 win. After an undesirable start which saw him lose out to Piastri, he was on the back foot from there. Norris pitted first on…
Sam Bird saw his London E-Prix come to an early end on Sunday evening, after an incident with Jehan Daruvula in the ninth lap of the race. Bird was driving on the inside of Daruvula, when the two had to go into Turn 6 together and made contact. “Daruvula has come over and apologised”, Bird…
Just 34 races into his Formula One career, Oscar Piastri stands on the top step of the podium for the first time as he collected his first Grand Prix win. The driver from Melbourne started second on the grid with Norris on pole. But Piastri got a better launch and took the lead as he…
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…
Pierre Gasly started from pit lane as Alpine added more engine components into the pool. There was a scare for polesitter Lando Norris before the race as he complained about his throttle not working as it should. McLaren changed a throttle damper on the grid. 13 of the drivers started on mediums, with the Astons,…
McLaren have locked out the front row for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris leading the 1-2. Oscar Piastri, meanwhile, is still waiting for his maiden F1 pole. On this occasion, he found himself just 0.022 seconds behind his teammate. “Of course very happy for the team and obviously a good result to be…
