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F1 FP1 Brazilian GP 2024 – With three Brits in the top three, Lando Norris, George Russell and Oliver Bearman top the timings in Brazil. As this weekend is a sprint weekend, we head into the weekend’s only practice session before the competitive sessions start. Bearman Returns Oliver Bearman replaces Kevin Magnussen for Haas in…
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Zak Brown CEO of McLaren, expressed his dissatisfaction with the penalty awarded to Max Verstappen, following the Mexican Grand Prix. Photo via: Mclaren Media Centre Max Verstappen’s 20-second time penalty during the Mexican Grand Prix has started intense discussions within the Formula 1 paddock. The Dutch-Man found himself in 2 incidents with his championship rival…
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F1 FP3 Mexican GP 2024 – McLaren dominates once again, with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris topping the timings for the final practice session of the weekend. With five rookies taking part in FP1 and FP2 being largely dedicated to the Pirelli Tyre Test, this final practice session of the 2024 Mexican GP was crucial…
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The FIA have rejected McLaren’s appeal for a ‘Right of Review’ regarding the five-second penalty given to Lando Norris. The penalty which saw the Mclaren driver demoted to 4th and Verstappen promoted to the podium places. During the closing stages of the United States Grand Prix there was an intense battle by the championship favourites.…
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc clinched his third victory of the F1 season with a dominant Ferrari 1-2 ahead of Max Verstappen who extends his championship lead at the Circut of the Americas. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri rounded out the top five, with George Russell finishing sixth from a pitlane start. Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg, Liam…
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With Max catching up to Lando in quali, could he hold his pole position up against the provisional champion? Here is how the F1 2024 Singapore GP went down. Lando Norris displayed some blistering pace in yesterdays qualifying session and naturally took pole position. Interestingly, Max Verstappen was able to put his car on the…
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Charles Leclerc topped the first practice session at the Singapore GP ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris. Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz finished third whilst World Championship leader Max Verstappen in fourth with Yuki Tsunoda and Oscar Piastri rounding up the top 6. Daniel Ricciardo was in seventh whilst Alex Albon, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon finished…
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri emerged victorious at the F1 2024 Azerbaijan GP, fending off the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc who was nipping at his heels for the majority of the race. A dramatic collision in the closing laps between the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and Sergio Pérez in the Red Bull saw the race finish…
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The Monza Grand Prix led to controversy about McLaren’s strategy calls in regards to Lando Norris’ championship challenge. With there all to play for between the Briton and his fellow drivers, how open is the 2024 F1 WDC? Last weekend, the Monza Grand Prix struck up an important conversation surrounding the strategy calls at McLaren.…
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At just 24 years of age, Lando Norris is rewriting the history of McLaren. Not only has he become the youngest driver to score six podium finishes for the team, he is also one of the most charismatic and influential rising figures in the Formula 1 paddock. What we know about him It’s this young…
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has called his P4 (+27.337s) finish “little bit disappointing“, after missing out on a podium spot during the 2024 Dutch GP. The Australian racer even took the blame for his podium miss, admitting he was “not being competitive enough when it mattered” at Circuit Zandvoort. Despite missing the podium, Piastri delivered an…
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McLaren’s Lando Norris felt “amazing” after charging through a ‘statement’ P1 finish (1:30:45.519) during today’s 2024 Dutch GP. The Briton also dubbed it as a “tough, but very enjoyable” race at the Circuit Zandvoort. Following a spectacular pole grab in Qualifying, Norris (P1) has once again clinched the win on Max Verstappen’s (P2) home ground.…
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Lando Norris won the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. Max Verstappen followed behind in P2 while Charles Leclerc rounded the podium off in P3. Round 15 of the F1 season welcomed the grid to the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. Lando Norris and Max Verstappen locked out the front row. Oscar Piastri and George Russell were set…
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The return of the changeable conditions for the F1 FP3 session at the 2024 Dutch GP had an effect on most of the session’s running, notably Nico Hülkenberg and Logan Sargeant. Early Running The first fifteen minutes of FP3, was, as you would expect, tricky, with several cars taking to the escape roads due to…
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F1 returns from the summer break for FP1 at the 2024 Dutch GP. Will McLaren continue their resurgence in pursuit of the Redbull’s and Max Verstappen? Soggy Start-Fast Finish The first session of the weekend was rather wet, with all cars heading out in the blue full wet tyres. As the session developed the cars…
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Oscar Piastri says McLaren will focus on the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship rather than assisting Lando Norris in his pursuit of catching Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship. Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship, but McLaren’s focus remains on the Constructors’ Championship, where they trail Red Bull by 42 points. Over the past three months,…
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McLaren show more of their true speed, taking 1-2 with Max and the Ferrari pair close behind at the F1 FP2 session for the 2024 Belgian GP FP2 for the Belgium GP started with some off track news, as Alpine conformed that team principal, Bruno Famin will leave the team at the end of August.…
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A glorious 1-2 victory for McLaren at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix was somewhat dampened by team-order controversy after Oscar Piastri overtook pole man Lando Norris at the start of the race. After strategy calls allowed Norris to reassume the lead from his teammate, McLaren ordered the 24-year-old to let Piastri back through. Constant debate…
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Lando Norris led the pack in F1 Qualifying at the 2024 Hungarian GP with a Pole-worthy lap time of 1:15.227. He was followed by Oscar Piastri in P2 and Max Verstappen in P3. The results of the F1 Qualifying session for the 2024 Hungarian GP are in and it is Lando Norris who will start…
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McLaren has come a long way since the start of 2023 as they now have arguably the fastest car on the grid, but crucial missteps have cost them a handful of wins this season. The mood after the British Grand Prix was completely different compared to 12 months ago for the Woking outfit. In 2023,…