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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed his first pole position since the Dutch Grand Prix, taking top sport in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix by a tenth of second after team-mate Lando Norris made a mistake on his final flying lap. Red Bull title contender Max Verstappen took third place.  At the start of the top […]

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri topped the sole practice session for this weekend’s FIA Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix finishing just under six hundredths of a second ahead of championship-leading team-mate Lando Norris, while Red Bull Racing title contender Max Verstappen ended the session in sixth place, over half a second off the McLaren pair.  At the […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Frédéric VASSEUR (Ferrari), Steve NIELSEN (Alpine), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)   Q: Mario, perhaps we could start with you. One of the big tech stories coming into this weekend is the 25-lap limit on each set of tyres. Can we start by you telling us why you’ve imposed that limit? Mario ISOLA: Yeah. That comes from […]

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri returned to top form by taking pole position for the Sprint at the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, beating Mercedes’ George Russell and championship leading team-mate Lando Norris. Red Bull’s title contender Max Verstappen qualified in P6 behind his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.  In the opening segment, Lewis Hamilton was the […]

PART ONE – Liam LAWSON (Racing Bulls), Oliver BEARMAN (Haas), Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)   Q: Kimi, can we start with you and just reflect for a moment on what happened on Saturday. In terms of your finishing position, not your best result this year, but in terms of execution, was that your best race of […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 27 November 1730hrs  1800hrs Oliver Bearman (Haas)Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Nico Hülkenberg (Kick Sauber)Carlos Sainz (Williams) Friday, 28 November Press Conference: 1830hrs TV Pen: 1900hrs Steve Nielsen (Alpine)Fred Vasseur (Ferrari)Mario Isola (Pirelli) Saturday, 29 November Post-Sprint Post-Qualifying First three finishing drivers Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 30 November Post-Race First three finishing drivers   For media information […]

 

DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)3 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by David Coulthard and Sam Worthington)  DC: We’re going start with Verstappen in Vegas. Congratulations, Max. Your second victory here and in the end, that was—I won’t say dominant, but it looked comfortable.Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it was good. I mean, of course like in practice, […]

Max Verstappen took a dominance Las Vegas Grand Prix to keep his title hopes alive, as Lando Norris crossed the line in second ahead of George Russell and Oscar Piastri to extend his title lead with just two rounds remaining.  After powering past pole sitter in Turn 1 when McLaren driver Norris was too aggressive […]

Mercedes’ George Russell topped the final hour of practice for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, beating Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by two tenths of a second as title-contending McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both hit trouble.  With Race Control signalling a wet track ahead of the start of the […]

DRIVERS 1 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)3 –  Carlos SAINZ (Williams) PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by James Hinchcliffe) Q: Lando, congratulations on the pole position. Great final lap — first two sectors — big moment coming out of 14 on the last lap there. Were you worried you’d given away too much time, or did you […]

McLaren’s Lando Norris snatched pole position with a daring final flying lap in a treacherous wet qualifying session, beating Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen by three tenths of a second as Carlos Sainz handed Williams a surprise but well deserved third place.  After narrowly escaping the drop in a very wet Q1 in 13th place and […]