Why McLaren's being so secretive over Norris 'consequences'
The consequences Lando Norris will face following his clash with team-mate and Formula 1 title rival Oscar Piastri at the previous race are sporting in nature although McLaren will not disclose specifics.Norris clipped the back of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and banged wheels with Piastri at the end of the opening sequence of corners on the first lap in Singapore.It helped Norris pass and finish ahe...
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The consequences Lando Norris will face following his clash with team-mate and Formula 1 title rival Oscar Piastri at the previous race are sporting in nature although McLaren will not disclose specifics.Norris clipped the back of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and banged wheels with Piastri at the end of the opening sequence of corners on the first lap in Singapore.It helped Norris pass and finish ahe...
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Why McLaren's being so secretive over Norris 'consequences'
The consequences Lando Norris will face following his Singapore clash with team-mate Oscar Piastri are sporting in nature, although McLaren will no...
Practice oneLando Norris topped FP1 at COTA with a surprise as Nico Hulkenberg took second! That's the only practice session this weekend, as it's a sprint event. Next up is sprint qualifying.Results1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m33.294s2 Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) +0.255s3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.279s4 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.345s5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.354s6 Alex Albon (Williams) +...
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Lando Norris led Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber in the sole Formula 1 practice session before sprint qualifying at the United States Grand Prix.Norris emerged quickest in a late flurry of soft tyre sprint qualifying simulations in Austin, setting a 1m33.294s, 0.255s faster than surprise runner-up in the session, Hulkenberg.Hulkenberg hasn’t scored a point since his Silverstone podium but did earn his be...
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FIA presidential hopeful Tim Mayer has conceded his election hopes are over, as no candidate will be able to stand against incumbent Mohammed Ben Sulayem.The former F1 chief steward said the situation was “shocking” for both himself and member clubs who have realised that there will be no proper election fight ahead of December's vote, with only one name eligible to stand.Mayer has vowed to keep p...
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Each Formula 1 team needs to satisfy the rule of running a ‘rookie’ driver twice in each of its cars during a season.Rookies are defined as any driver with no more than one grand prix start to their name. So Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) all ticked off the rookie requirements for their cars in Australia and China. As Ollie Bearman (Haas) alrea...
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The significance of Apple’s arrival as Formula 1’s official broadcast partner in the United States from 2026 goes way beyond just being able to stream races.In fact, it could prove to be a defining partnership that shapes how F1 fans around the world – and not just in the USA - watch the sport over the next decade.On Friday, F1 and Apple announced that they had reached a five-year agreement for gr...
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Oscar Piastri’s place at the head of the 2025 F1 drivers’ championship has gone from pretty comfortable to pretty nerve-wracking over the three races since he left Zandvoort with the race winner’s trophy and a 34-point lead over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.A sandwich of McLaren team angst - that contentious post-pitstop team order at Monza and that controversial hit from Norris in Singapore - w...
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Lando Norris says he is facing the consequences of McLaren holding him accountable for his first-lap clash with team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix.Norris barged his way past Piastri with an ambitious move through the opening corners that was crucial in securing the final place on the podium behind George Russell and Max Verstappen - and taking three points out of Piastri's champio...
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Thursday at the United States Grand Prix revealed plenty about the fallout from the previous Formula 1 race in Singapore, as well as a few drivers who've changed their tune on key matters about their future.Norris faced consequences for Singapore clashMcLaren’s detailed analysis of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s first lap clash in Singapore has found the former to be at fault with some undetermi...
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Formula 1 reality is fast approaching for the Cadillac team – with little more than 100 days to go before it joins rivals at the first pre-season test in Barcelona.There is no escaping that there is a huge job list still to tick off. This includes a looming crash test, sending its freight off next month to Australia, hitting some very aggressive aero targets and continuing a "frightening" amount o...
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The team radio that Formula 1 broadcasts is too often "unnecessary and poorly chosen", according to the likes of two-time world champion Fernando Alonso.Alonso poked fun at F1's team radio broadcasts after the Singapore Grand Prix, where many of his in-race comments were broadcast. Those included Alonso sarcastically suggesting Isack Hadjar should get a "trophy for the hero of [the] race" for his ...
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The FIA has declared 'heat hazard' conditions for the second consecutive Formula 1 weekend, with drivers bracing themselves for warmer than usual weather at the United States Grand Prix as a recent hot and dry streak rolls on.Under the current regulations, if the official weather forecast for the race shows that temperatures are set to break 31 degrees Celsius then procedures kick into play that d...
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Formula 1 heads into probably its highest-stakes sprint weekend yet, with the title race still very much on as the grid prepares to go into battle in the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.Below are all the times you need to know for the event, which is sixth-to-last on the 24-round 2025 calendar.United States GP (local time) scheduleThe timezone in Austin, Te...
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While Haas hopes that an Austin upgrade will kickstart a late season push up the Formula 1 standings, its experience in 2025 has taught it that potential counts for nothing if you don't do anything with it.The squad finds itself ninth place in the constructors' championship, and team boss Ayao Komatsu doesn't view this campaign as one where it has suffered because the car is not good enough, the d...
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A 2002-inspired Williams throwback livery is among the special liveries for Formula 1's United States Grand Prix this weekend. Williams is celebrating its title partner Atlassian with a throwback to the year it was founded - 2002, when Williams finished second in the F1 constructors' championship with Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya, with a blue-and-white livery and BMW power. Montoya was p...
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George Russell's and Kimi Antonelli’s new Formula 1 deals that will keep them at Mercedes for 2026 came as a surprise to nobody on Wednesday.With neither driver looking at options elsewhere, and Mercedes not interested in anybody else, it was a case of when not if for their contract renewals.What was always going to be of greater interest was how long the pair were going to be locked down for – an...
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George Russell's (and Kimi Antonelli's) new Mercedes Formula 1 deal has finally been announced - but it's perhaps best described as a mutual piece of bet-hedging that could still leave both free to do something different in 2027.The Race understands Russell's contract does run into 2027, despite how it's been presented, which feels like a massive outlier with its implication that they're only comm...
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Formula 1’s 2026 cars are tipped to unleash some big overtaking surprises.As design work gets ever deeper, and simulator models become more sophisticated, teams are discovering that the racing may be totally different to what it is like right now.A lot has already been said about the way battery energy will need to be carefully managed next year, with the new power units featuring a 50/50 power sp...
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The booming popularity of Formula 1 and the prestige of being a part of a multiple world championship-winning F1 team should make recruitment for leading F1 teams like Red Bull easy, right? Think again - as there’s a very real skills shortage gap that can make filling key positions tricky for F1 teams. The Race headed to Red Bull’s Milton Keynes campus - which recently expanded to include a Powert...
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Each Formula 1 team needs to satisfy the rule of running a ‘rookie’ driver twice in each of its cars during a season.Rookies are defined as any driver with no more than one grand prix start to their name. So Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) all ticked off the rookie requirements for their cars in Australia and China. As Ollie Bearman (Haas) alrea...
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