Oscar Piastri has hit out at Lance Stroll after losing time behind the backmarker Aston Martin in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix.Piastri was chasing Charles Leclerc’s leading Ferrari after making a second pitstop while the Monegasque was attempting to eke out tyre life on a one-stop strategy.After losing some two seconds when attacking and overtaking Carlos Sainz, Piastri still had an …Keep reading
While McLaren is odds-on favourite to claim the constructors’ title, its unwillingness to shift its weight towards Lando Norris may well cost him the drivers’ title against Max Verstappen. Has McLaren left it too late or can Norris still win it? Our F1 writers have their say.Jonathan Noble – Sacrificing Norris’ chances on the altar of fairness may lead to regretTo twist a famous phrase, the best …Keep reading
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes McLaren needs to decide if it will throw its full backing behind Lando Norris in his fight for the title.Norris qualified on pole for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix but was overtaken in turn four on the opening lap by team-mate Oscar Piastri as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ultimately went on to take an emotional victory in front of the tifosi.With reigning …Keep reading
Lando Norris feels his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri “got way too close for comfort” on his lap-one pass at Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix.Norris started from pole ahead of Piastri but, while defending his lead into the first chicane, the Briton’s compromised exit out of the corner left him vulnerable to Piastri on the run towards the second chicane.The Australian made an audacious move around …Keep reading
McLaren wants to review Oscar Piastri’s first-lap pass on Lando Norris in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix before deciding if it complied with its ‘Papaya Rules’ code of conduct.While Norris made a great getaway from pole position, his race turned at the second chicane when Piastri made an aggressive move around the outside – costing his team-mate momentum, which Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc …Keep reading
Pierre Gasly has called upon the Italian Grand Prix stewards to reverse Kevin Magnussen’s one-race Formula 1 ban after their incident led to the Dane reaching the maximum penalty points on his superlicence.The two made a small degree of contact after going into the Variante della Roggia side by side, which led to neither driver making the corner. Magnussen later passed Gasly on his run to ninth …Keep reading
Max Verstappen warned “both championships are not realistic” after Red Bull turned its once-dominant Formula 1 car “into a monster”.Verstappen struggled to qualify higher than seventh on Saturday and failed to make much progress on Sunday, moving up just one position to finish ahead of Mercedes man George Russell in sixth.The Dutchman’s margin to victory was especially damning, conceding almost 38 …Keep reading
Oscar Piastri has conceded missing out on victory at Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix “hurts a lot” after Ferrari’s cunning strategic gamble led Charles Leclerc to the top.The McLaren driver squeezed past team-mate Lando Norris at turn four on the opening lap and set about building a lead to seal his second win in F1.Having established an advantage in the middle stint of the 53-lap event, Piastri …Keep reading
AMP Kart Racing is excited to announce a new date for the highly anticipated 2024 AMP Kart Racing Summer Kart Championship. Originally scheduled for earlier in the season, the Round 10 championship race has been rescheduled to November 9th, 2024. This change comes in response to the scheduling of two major motorsport events: the 2024 […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen says he has never experienced the dramatic balance swing he suffered in Monza qualifying that saw him go significantly slower in Q3.Verstappen could only manage seventh in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, nearly seven-tenths behind McLaren’s polesitter Lando Norris, as wild car balance swings made the three-time champion four-tenths slower than he was in Q2 despite …Keep reading