Brando Badoer, an 18-year-old Italian racing driver and McLaren Development Driver since late 2024, entered the 2025 FIA F3 Championship with high expectations. After finishing fifth in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, he made the anticipated step up to FIA F3 with PREMA Racing. However, his debut season has been far from…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has opened up about Max Verstappen’s aggressive 3-stop strategy and the predicament of pitting him for hard tyres under the late Safety Car at the F1 Spanish GP. Lining up in third, Verstappen bolted on a set of used softs for his opening stint in Sunday’s race. With a…
Team principal Andrea Stella has shared his insights into the strategic calls that led to McLaren’s comfortable 1-2 finish and Max Verstappen’s aggressive 3-stop approach at the F1 Spanish GP. With no team attempting a one-stopper on Sunday, the Woking-based outfit went into the race with a fresh set of all three tyre compounds. Starting…
McLaren are going from strength to strength as Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris crossed the line in a 1-2 finish for the F1 Spanish GP. Despite contributing to a strong result for the team, Norris was no match for his teammate as he qualified and finished the race in P2. After the race, the Brit…
With Oscar Piastri’s absolutely dominant weekend, he strengthened his championship lead after claiming P1 in the chaotic 2025 F1 Spanish GP. The Australian had an incredible race weekend at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, where he sat in pole position in almost all sessions. The 66-lap race showed Piastri build a gap, separating himself from the rest…
After an incredible battle for the pole during Qualifying, McLaren’s Lando Norris had to settle for a P2 start at the F1 Spanish GP in favour of his teammate. The stakes were high, especially since some of the best overtakes on the Barcelona-Catalunya track happen in Turn 1. Unfortunately for Norris, a +0.209 made the…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri secured his fourth F1 pole position of the season at the 2025 Spanish GP, and although he described it as the “best spot” to start the race, the Australian expects to face an “exciting” turn one given the long run down to the first corner. Piastri beat his team-mate and championship rival…
Oscar Piastri set the pace in FP3 at the F1 Spanish GP ahead of his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, the full report and results are below. The McLaren pair was supremely fast, and Charles Leclerc could only set a time seven-tenths slower than Piastri’s benchmark. The third practice session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya got…
McLaren had a strong start to their F1 Spanish GP weekend as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, respectively, led FP1 and FP2 Friday. Norris’ 1:13.718 was .367 seconds up on Max Verstappen in 2nd and over a half-second quicker than Piastri’s best time (1:14.294, P5) in the first session. Piastri goes fastest, ready for a…
The F1 Spanish GP weekend kicks off with FP1. Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya hosts round nine of the 2025 F1 championship, and the final race of the European triple header. The clampdown on flexi wings is the big talking point heading into the weekend. It received a mixed response across the paddock, with some downplaying its…
