McLaren’s handling of the Lando Norris-Oscar Piastri rivalry is genuinely admirable in a sport where the pursuit of victory often comes at all costs, but Sunday showed where the limitations are.
Category: Formula 1
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Gasly extends Alpine contract until 2028
Pierre Gasly has signed a contract extension to stay with Alpine’s Formula 1 team until 2028.
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Ahead of Monza, why Mercedes is keeping faith in Antonelli
Kimi Antonelli is the 18-year-old next big thing of Formula 1, and ahead of his return to Monza, he will continue to prove that at Mercedes.
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Verstappen: Monza win ‘better than expected’
Max Verstappen said his performance at the Italian Grand Prix was “better than expected” and the race win marked a “step forward with the behavior of the car.”
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How Oscar Piastri changed the fate of McLaren and Alpine
Three years ago, a court ruled that Oscar Piastri’s move from Alpine to McLaren could go through. Now, he leads the drivers’ championship while Alpine is dead last in the constructors’. What changed?
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Wolff urges caution over team order precedents
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned rivals McLaren against setting complicated precedents after team orders were used to invert the positions of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix.
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Vasseur: ‘Disappointed’ not to podium for Tifosi
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said he was disappointed not to deliver a podium to the team’s home fans at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Piastri: McLaren team orders call was ‘fair’
Oscar Piastri has downplayed the controversy over McLaren’s team orders at the Italian Grand Prix, saying it was “fair” for him to cede position to teammate Lando Norris in the closing stages of the race.
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4-time champ Verstappen: I might not win another
Max Verstappen has accepted the idea that he “maybe will not win a world championship again” if the circumstances are not correct.
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Guenther Steiner, team owner: Why MotoGP is ex-Haas boss’ next stop
Ex-Haas team boss Guenther Steiner is the newest MotoGP team owner, but can the Drive To Survive star help F1’s two-wheeled equivalent hit new heights?