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Oscar Piastri says he’s not changing his approach despite Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen’s recovery in the 2025 drivers’ championship.
Piastri’s 104-point lead on third-placed Verstappen dwindled to 40 in just four grands prix, as the Red Bull racer took four victories (including one sprint win) and a second-position finish. Meanwhile, McLaren’s championship leader suffered a ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri says he’s not changing his approach despite Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen’s recovery in the 2025 drivers’ championship.
Piastri’s 104-point lead on third-placed Verstappen dwindled to 40 in just four grands prix, as the Red Bull racer took four victories (including one sprint win) and a second-position finish. Meanwhile, McLaren’s championship leader suffered a ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez and the new Cadillac Formula 1 team will step up their preparations with a TPC test with a 2023 Ferrari car at Imola in November.
Perez will not be racing in the Mexico Grand Prix for the first time since the event returned to the F1 calendar in 2015, but that didn’t stop him from visiting Mexico City, where he took part in a charity football match and shared more details about ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has revealed that McLaren's 'repercussions' for Lando Norris in the wake of Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix have been removed, as he took "a degree of responsibility" for their United States GP sprint clash.
Norris made contact with Piastri on the first lap at Marina Bay into Turn 3. Upon review, McLaren felt this was avoidable and elected to encumber Norris with what was termed ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has revealed that McLaren's 'repercussions' for Lando Norris in the wake of Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix have been removed, as he took "a degree of responsibility" for their United States GP sprint clash.
Norris made contact with Piastri on the first lap at Marina Bay into Turn 3. Upon review, McLaren felt this was avoidable and elected to encumber Norris with what was termed ...Keep reading

Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto jumped to two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso's defence while being questioned about the Spanish driver potentially choosing the wrong teams during his long career in the championship.
Bortoleto, who is under Alonso's management, supported the idea that the 44-year-old should have more drivers' titles to his name.
"Definitely, yes. I think he is one of ...Keep reading

The FIA confirmed that a group of ethical hackers briefly gained access to data in its driver licensing portal - including Max Verstappen’s passport - while the leak has been fixed in collaboration with the hackers themselves.
The breach took place this summer, when a trio of ethical hackers — Gal Nagli, Sam Curry and Ian Carroll — got into the FIA’s Driver Categorisation portal ...Keep reading

Last weekend’s United States Grand Prix could be seen as a pivotal turning point in the 2025 Formula 1 drivers’ championship battle as Max Verstappen dominated from pole.
It was the four-time world champion’s third victory in four grands prix, while he also won the Austin sprint race to move within 40 points of championship leader Oscar Piastri.
Until Austin it was a widespread belief ...Keep reading

1979 – Alan Jones’ late-season surge
Race 9: 13th, 25-point deficitRace 12: 3rd, 10-point deficitFinal standings: 3rd, 11-point deficit

Alan Jones, Williams FW07 Ford
Photo by: Motorsport Images

The 1979 season, in which ground effect became widespread following Lotus’ success the previous year, was dominated by Ferrari – but Williams’ Alan Jones still became a ...Keep reading

Red Bull F1 chief Laurent Mekies has explained why Max Verstappen is just "as extraordinary out of the car" as in it, after getting to work with the four-time world champion over the past three months. 
Mekies moved from Racing Bulls to Red Bull Racing in July to replace Christian Horner, working with Verstappen for the first time after admiring the Dutchman from a distance over his stints ...Keep reading