Lando Norris strengthened his grip on the 2025 Formula 1 world championship by taking pole for the Brazil Grand Prix, shortly after winning the sprint contest.That is compared to McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri, who crashed out of the Saturday race before qualifying fourth at Interlagos.Piastri will join Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc on the second row, while Mercedes …Keep reading
A gyrating Ferrari was not an uncommon sight on Friday at Interlagos: Lewis Hamilton pulled a dramatic 720-degree spin when his SF-25 bottomed out at Mergulho in FP1.This second sector at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace is characterised by bumps and changes of camber and gradient. Three corners earlier is where Hamilton’s team-mate Charles Leclerc spun in the second portion of sprint …Keep reading
Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix is set to be affected by storms on Saturday morning, which could offer disruption to the sprint race and qualifying session through the day.An orange alert for storms has been issued by Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology, predicting heavy rain and high winds on Saturday morning – which may extend through the day.A spokesperson for the FIA has …Keep reading
Max Verstappen says his Brazilian Grand Prix sprint qualifying was “just rubbish” after being restricted to sixth place in a Red Bull Formula 1 car that lacked grip and suffered over the bumps.Verstappen and team-mate Yuki Tsunoda both appeared to struggle for grip around the newly resurfaced 4.3km Interlagos circuit, with Tsunoda dumped out in SQ1 while Verstappen only made it to the top 10 …Keep reading
Lando Norris continued his strong form by taking pole for the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix sprint with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in third.Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli splits the pair and his team-mate George Russell will join Piastri on the second row, with Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen sharing the third row.This is with four rounds remaining in the …Keep reading
Lando Norris has beaten Andrea Kimi Antonelli to Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix sprint pole, with title rivals Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen third and sixth respectively.Norris reigned supreme on both of his SQ3 laps to fend off a strong effort from Mercedes rookie Antonelli, who split the two championship contending McLarens, as Verstappen struggled for grip in his Red Bull.Norris …Keep reading
Lando Norris is leading the 2025 Formula 1 world championship for the first time in six months, but that’s not the reason why he arrived in Brazil with a spring in his step.After a Dutch Grand Prix retirement that looked potentially fatal to his title hopes, Norris found another gear to overturn a 34-point deficit on team-mate Oscar Piastri.Norris did receive substantial help from the …Keep reading
Oscar Piastri feels “comfortable” standing up for himself within McLaren, in response to Jos Verstappen’s comments to Dutch media suggesting that the Australian should be more demanding in pursuit of a first Formula 1 title.Ex-F1 driver Verstappen told De Telegraaf that Piastri, or his manager Mark Webber, should “bang [their] fist on the table” having suggested that McLaren had been putting …Keep reading
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton says there “isn’t any clarity” on Formula 1 stewarding decisions after still feeling aggrieved by his Mexico Grand Prix penalty.As part as a protracted battle with Max Verstappen on lap 6, Hamilton was given a 10-second penalty for going off the road at Mexico’s Turn 4 and gaining a “lasting advantage”, a punishment which dumped him behind a train of cars at his …Keep reading
After another bruising year on the race track, Aston Martin’s Formula 1 team is to undergo another restructure of its engineering department.Up to seven senior figures are believed to be leaving the team entirely or being redeployed to the company’s advanced technologies division, among them Eric Blandin, who was recruited from Mercedes as deputy technical director in 2022, then shifted to an …Keep reading