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Race and tyre management “probably still the biggest area” to improve despite “big step” compared to rookie F1 campaign — Piastri

Karishma Persad5 months ago010 mins

Ahead of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri was asked whether he thought that the weekend would be a test for his team given the aerodynamic differences between the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and those of the previous circuits. While the 23-year-old agreed that the weekend would be a test, he said he expected it…

Stella: Piastri’s F1 gains in second season “quite impressive”

Gabriel Diamante5 months ago05 mins

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Oscar Piastri is accelerating in his development as a Formula 1 driver after they started working on what he describes as a ‘couple of opportunities’. Piastri has shown improvements performances this year in race trim, bagging his first podium of the season in Monaco, and he drove a very…

Stella: Mercedes was “part of the fastest teams” in F1 2024 even before Canadian GP

Nicolas Lopes5 months ago5 months ago07 mins

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella believes Mercedes had already shown flashes of potential and strong lap times with its W15 even before their strong showing at the Canadian GP, which he described as “not a surprise”. Speaking after the qualifying session in Montreal last week – which saw George Russell take Mercedes’ first…

Piastri admits Mercedes were “clearly a lot quicker than everybody” at the end as he finished P5 in F1 Canadian GP

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 months ago010 mins

The McLaren driver ended the Canadian weekend in P5 following a heated race that saw him in contention for what could have been a second podium finish in a row following his great result in Monaco. Canada wasn’t as sweet as the Principality to Piastri, who ended his race behind both Mercedes drivers after being…

Russell admits “one too many mistakes at key moments” cost him shot at victory in F1 Canadian GP

Evan Roberts5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

George Russell came across the line in Canada to earn his and Mercedes’ first Grand Prix podium of the season, finishing in a respectable third position. Despite this, he could not convert the pole position he had earnt the day before, beating championship leader Max Verstappen to P1 despite both having achieved the exact same…

McLaren “didn’t do a good job” in F1 Canadian GP as “we should have won” — Norris

Evan Roberts5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

A dejected Lando Norris was left to think about what could’ve been as the McLaren driver came home second after a safety car cost him the race lead. Starting on a damp Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in P3, Norris made a clean start, maintaining position ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri for the opening section of the…

McLaren “still not in a position where we can gain the victory out of outright performance”, says Andrea Stella following F1 Canadian GP

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 months ago010 mins

It’s a double top five finish for McLaren in Canada, a great haul of points that leaves the Woking-based team in P3 in the Constructors’ Championship, only 40 points behind Ferrari. However, in spite of the very positive result, there’s still room for regret, as Norris led a number of laps, even achieving a 11.4s…

“I think we’re in the fight” — Norris confident McLaren can go for F1 Canadian GP win on basis of recent race pace

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago07 mins

After an impressive performance in qualifying, Lando Norris will be starting Sunday’s race in P3, alongside his McLaren Oscar Piastri in P4. The McLaren driver, whose fastest time in Q3 was just 21 milliseconds off the time by pole-sitter George Russell of Mercedes was asked whether he was frustrated by having missed out on the…

“Any team would be privileged to have Sainz” — James Vowles hopeful the Spaniard will join Williams F1 next year

Anna Elizabeth Krausová5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

Carlos Sainz is undoubtedly the hottest topic on the Formula 1 drivers’ market since it was announced that Lewis Hamilton is taking his seat at Ferrari next year. However, the options he seemed to have at the start of the season are slowly slipping through his fingers, with Sergio Perez securing a two-year contract extension…

Norris not fully “confident and comfortable” in the MCL38 as long term McLaren F1 car limitations still exist

Öykü Ceylan5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lando Norris shared his thoughts on the team’s progress and expectations for the race. Fresh off his first Grand Prix win at Miami, Norris has shown that McLaren can compete at the highest level despite following Red Bull’s dominant start to 2024. Discussing the team’s improvements in…