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As we countdown to the 2025 F1 Season and celebrate F1’s 75th Anniversary, it is the perfect time to look back at some of the unforgettable moments from the season. Let’s count down the top ten defining stats from a thrilling action-packed 2024 F1 season. 10 Different Podium Finishers The 2024 F1 season turned out…
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The 2024 Miami Grand Prix was nothing short of magical for McLaren and Lando Norris. After a long 110 race starts, Norris claimed his maiden Formula 1 victory. Lando Norris etched his name in history during the Miami Grand prix. Securing not only his F1 Grand Prix victory, but also marked a turning point in…
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The two McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri emerged victorious over their Constructors rivals Ferrari in the F1 Sprint Quali session at the 2024 Qatar GP. While the two posted less-than-perfect final flying laps, Norris’ P1 and Piastri’s P3 finish saw them ahead of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, who finished in P4 and…
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F1 Sprint Qualifying Brazilian GP 2024 – McLaren dominate the Sprint Race shoot-out with Oscar Piastri capturing his first-ever pole and teammate Lando Norris narrowly behind. The session was filled with strategy shifts, unexpected penalties, and a looming rain threat that kept drivers and teams on edge. SQ1: Ferrari, McLaren, and an Unpredictable Track Ferrari…
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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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Otmar Szafnauer has shed light on the drama surrounding Oscar Piastri’s contract debacle at Alpine in 2022, claiming that his image was used in a team press release to “deflect the incompetency” of others. Szafnauer, the team principal at Alpine’s Enstone base at the time, found himself in the middle of the controversy when news…
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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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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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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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George Russell has won the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix after an impressive one-stop race. His teammate Lewis Hamilton finished P2 for their first 1-2 since 2022, while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri finished P3. George Russell has won the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix after an impressive one-stop race. His teammate Lewis Hamilton finished P2 for their first…
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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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It was a fantastic day for McLaren around the Hungaroring, in Budapest, as Oscar Piastri took his first victory in Formula 1. It was the teams first 1-2 since the Italian GP in 2021 with Norris in 2nd. However, tensions emerged in both the McLaren and Red Bull garage over their respective radio messages. In…
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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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Following the British Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri told the media that “It was a very difficult one to get right”. The entire weekend at Silverstone and especially Sunday, McLaren was confronted with ‘the hardest decisions’ a team can have to make in Formula 1. Despite this, Oscar Piastri decided to focus on the positive and…
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Lando Norris led the grid with a 1:27.420 during the Formula 1 2024 British GP FP1 session. Lance Stroll set a lap time worthy of P2 with a 1:27.420 while Oscar Piastri finished third with a 1:27.631. Drivers had one hour of practice before taking the track once again this afternoon for FP2. All eyes…
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Oscar Piastri described his P2 finish in Austria as “happy“, yet “a little bit bittersweet“. The Australian showed regret over his second-placed run as he was “so close to the win” behind ‘pole-sitter’ George Russell. After Piastri qualified P7 yesterday, he got lucky, however, when Verstappen and Norris made contact, taking them out of the…
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri expressed that his P7 finish at today’s 2024 Spanish GP has been a “big struggle” for him. Despite seeing it as “not a bad result”, it’s still unclear why he “didn’t have the pace to begin with”. Following a P10 run in the qualifiers, the Australian somehow managed to grab a P7…