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Piastri is “overall pretty happy” with P2 in F1 Monaco GP as he bags first podium of 2024

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri backed up his front row start in Monaco, as despite picking up damage at turn 1, he was able to bring home his third Formula One podium, finishing P2, 7.152 seconds behind race winner Charles Leclerc. Having hounded home hero Leclerc for a large part of the race, Piastri eventually started to…

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Stella: Ferrari “did a good job of always keeping Lando in the pit window of one of the Mercedes” during F1 Monaco GP

On the streets of Monte Carlo, McLaren displayed another impressive team performance, with Oscar Piastri landing in P2, and Lando Norris narrowly missing the podium in P4, just over a second behind the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz. With Charles Leclerc securing pole position for the race, Piastri was hot on his heels in P2, just…

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Oscar Piastri after losing out to Leclerc in F1 qualifying for the Monaco GP: “A couple of mistakes at the end, but credit to Charles”

One-and-a-half tenth, that’s how much Oscar Piastry was shy of this first pole position of his Formula 1 career. The young Ozzy was on top of his game the entire session, but he eventually had to acknowlegde that Leclerc had the better of him this time around. The former Formula 2-champ was however critical of…

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F1 | Monaco GP | FP3 | Charles Leclerc tops final practice ahead of his home Grand Prix

Home hero Leclerc leads the way as the Monegasque driver targets a debut home victory around the streets of Monaco. George Russell in the Mercedes was the first to hit the streets of Monaco in the final practice session ahead of qualifying this afternoon, followed by the McLaren pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri….

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Verstappen on his concerns ahead of F1 Monaco GP as Ferrari and McLaren threaten: “It’s probably not going to be our best track”

In Thursday’s press conference in Monaco, Max Verstappen has spoken on his concerns for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix and how his car might perform. The worry surrounds Monaco’s track layout, with all the bumps, kerbs and low speed coners, knowing this has been a struggle for the RB19 and RB20. Although it has improved…

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“Our strengths are definitely becoming more well-rounded” — Piastri says MCL38 a more complete F1 car following Miami GP upgrades

McLaren heads into the Monaco Grand Prix weekend with a serious run of momentum. Lando Norris won the Miami Grand Prix, and the British driver backed it up with a very strong to P2 at Imola last Sunday, finishing 0.7s behind Max Verstappen after 63 laps. Australian Oscar Piastri has also been on good form….

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Norris says McLaren and Ferrari the only two F1 teams who have both drivers “performing every single session”

Lando Norris got his first ever Formula 1 win recently in Miami, and then just barely lost out on another P1 finish in Imola last Sunday. The MCL38 car is proving its competitiveness and McLaren is closing in on Red Bull and Ferrari, who are currently ahead of them in the Constructors’ Championship. Coming to…

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Stella says McLaren “takes responsibility” for Piastri “not finishing on the podium” as grid penalty limits his potential in F1 Imola GP

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella admitted that a mistake on the team’s part cost Oscar Piastri a potential podium finish in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. After a difficult start to the weekend, Max Verstappen managed to secure pole, but his best time was merely 0.074 seconds quicker than Piastri’s, who edged out his McLaren…

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Horner expects competition from McLaren F1 “at all circuits” following major update package

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner expects to battle McLaren consistently going forward, while Toto Wolff of Mercedes and Mike Krack of Aston Martin take motivation from McLaren’s leap up the field. Following a push to the line at last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for McLaren’s Lando Norris, off the back of his debut…

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