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Russell Triumphs in Canada as McLaren Drivers Crash

George Russell secured Mercedes' first win of the season in the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday as McLaren's championship-chasing drivers crashed in the final laps of an intriguing and hectic race. The 27-year-old Briton beat close rival and four-time world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull by 0.228 seconds under the safety car to claim his ...

“Proud” Piastri Extends Championship Lead with Spanish GP Victory

Oscar Piastri drove with exemplary calm and control in a torrid race on Sunday to beat rival and team-mate Lando Norris as McLaren claimed a first Spanish Grand Prix victory since 2005 with a resounding 1-2 triumph. The 24-year-old Australian came home 2.4 seconds clear of Norris to extend his lead in the drivers’ championship to 10 points with ...

Piastri Outpaces Norris in “Mega” McLaren to Grab Spanish GP Pole

Series leader Oscar Piastri erased "miserable" memories on Saturday as he outpaced team-mate Lando Norris to deliver McLaren's first front row lockout at the Spanish Grand Prix since 1998. The 24-year-old Australian, who leads Norris by three points in the drivers' championship, clocked a final lap in one minute 11.546 seconds to beat Norris by ...

F1: Norris Sets Record Lap for Monaco Pole

Lando Norris shrugged off his gremlins and revived his world championship bid on Saturday when he became the fastest driver in the history of the Monaco Grand Prix to claim pole position for Sunday's classic race. Driving with impeccable judgement, pace and purpose, the 25-year-old Briton clocked a best lap in one minute and 9.954 seconds to ...

McLaren’s Piastri Claims Bahrain Pole as Norris, Verstappen Struggle

McLaren's Oscar Piastri claimed pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday as his teammate Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen had a trying evening under floodlights at the desert circuit. Series leader Norris could only make it onto the third row with Verstappen facing an even tougher time on Sunday from the fourth row. George ...

Verstappen Out to Silence McLaren in the Battle of Bahrain

McLaren's Lando Norris holds a wafer-thin advantage over four-time world champion Max Verstappen going into this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. Here AFP Sport looks at five storylines ahead of the fourth race of 24 in the 2025 Formula One season: Momentum With Max? Max Verstappen arrives in Bahrain fresh from one of the best weekends of his ...

Verstappen Wins Japanese GP to Close Championship Gap on Norris

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen led from pole to chequered flag to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, his first victory of the 2025 season, with McLaren's Lando Norris second. The Dutch Red Bull driver crossed the finish line almost 1.5 seconds in front of Briton Norris, who held off his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri of Australia in ...

Piastri Wins Chinese Grand Prix From Pole in Mclaren One-Two

Oscar Piastri led from pole to win the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday as McLaren used a one-stop strategy to complete a dominant one-two with Lando Norris second. George Russell was third in a Mercedes with Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen snatching fourth place after a thrilling late pass on Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton came ...

Upbeat Hamilton Says Ferrari “Can Close The Gap” on McLaren

An upbeat Lewis Hamilton declared Thursday things would be different at the Chinese Grand Prix after a disappointing debut with Ferrari in Melbourne, saying his new team "can close the gap" on McLaren. The seven-time world champion qualified eighth and finished 10th at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. "I'm just going to set the car up a ...

Norris Holds Off Verstappen to Win Rain-Hit Australian Grand Prix

Lando Norris kept his cool in a rain-hit and incident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix Sunday to edge world champion Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton 10th on his Ferrari debut. The pole-sitting Briton took the chequered flag by less than a second from the Dutchman, with Mercedes' George Russell third after a chaotic race in Melbourne ...

Norris Edges Piastri for Pole as McLaren Lock Out Melbourne Front Row

Lando Norris clinched pole position on Saturday for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri as McLaren fired a warning shot to their rivals. In scorching hot conditions at Melbourne's Albert Park, world champion Max Verstappen came third in tense qualifying. Mercedes' George Russell will keep Red Bull's ...