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Championship-leading McLaren driver Lando Norris made it a clean sweep in Friday practice for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating Red Bull title rival Max Verstappen by almost four tenths of a second, as Oscar PIastri could only manage the 11th fastest time of the second practice session in the other McLaren. The […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Jonathan WHEATLEY (Kick Sauber), Zak BROWN (McLaren), Laurent MEKIES (Red Bull Racing)  Q: Now, Zak, perhaps we could start with you. It’s a huge weekend for both of your drivers. Have you sensed the tension go up a notch inside the garage so far? Zak BROWN: No. It’s kind of business as usual. Of course, it’s […]

PART ONE – George RUSSELL (Mercedes), Isack HADJAR (Racing Bulls), Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) Q: Charles, can we start with you? It was a very tough weekend for you and Ferrari last time out in Qatar. Having had all the post-race debriefs, do you understand a little better the cause of all the problems?Charles LECLERC: Well, we have […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 4 December 1430hrs  1500hrs Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)George Russell (Mercedes) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)  Lando Norris (McLaren)Oscar Piastri (McLaren)Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Friday, 5 December Press Conference: 1530hrs TV Pen: 1600hrs Jonathan Wheatley (Kick Sauber)Zak Brown (McLaren)Laurent Mekies (Red Bull) Saturday, 6 December Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 7 December Post-Race First three finishing […]

   

DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 3 – Carlos SAINZ (Williams)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle)    Q: Max, unbelievable. Congratulations. You’ve been the reigning world champion since Abu Dhabi 2021. And you still are. You’re still in the game for this year’s world championship. Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah. This was […]

Max Verstappen took a perfectly executed Qatar Grand Prix, beating Oscar Piastri to rise to second place in the Drivers standing and to close to just 12 points behind championship leader Lando Norris, a strategic fumble cost McLaren dearly. The final podium position at Lusail went to Williams’ Carlos Sainz.  Polesitter Piastri got away well […]

DRIVERS 1 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes) 3 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jolyon Palmer)   Q: Well, down here with the top three. First things first, welcome back, Oscar. What a weekend it’s been for you so far and that looked like a really controlled drive. Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, […]

Oscar Piastri made it a hat-track of Qatar Sprint wins as he dominated the 19-lap event at Lusail, comfortably finishing five seconds clear of Mercedes’ George Russell and with title rival team-mate Lando Norris in third place. Max Verstappen, level on points with Piastri ahead of the weekend in Qatar finished fourth.  When the lights […]

DRIVERS 1 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)   PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS (Conducted by James Hinchcliffe)   Q: Front row lockout for McLaren. Oscar, you said after the Sprint Race win, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Did you have to fix anything on this McLaren to […]

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 […]