The 1980 F1 Italian Grand Prix was held at Imola around the 5-kilometre Autodromo Dino Ferrari. The 12th race of the 1980 season marked the first Italian Grand Prix since 1948 not to be hosted at the infamous Monza circuit. The race was also Imola’s inaugural event as a Formula 1 World Championship circuit as…
F1 pundit Ralf Schumacher has criticised McLaren driver Lando Norris for his “lack of fundamental overtaking skills” after the Miami Grand Prix. Norris started the season strongly, winning the Australian Grand Prix, but his performance declined due to struggles with the MCL39, which lacked the predictability he enjoyed in 2024. His discomfort led to errors,…
McLaren F1 Team Principal Andrea Stella believes that rivals Red Bull are inventing an ‘underdog’ narrative by going toe-to-toe on pole positions and wins this season. Max Verstappen and Red Bull have chipped away and kept McLaren at their feet. The Dutchman went bar-for-bar against the duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Quite the…
The sounds of victory echoed through the streets of Miami as Lando Norris earned his first-ever Formula 1 win after 110 race starts on May 5th 2024, at The Miami Grand Prix. Marking the beginning of fierce battles and victories as he drove McLaren to win their first Constructors’ Championship since 1998. The 2024 season…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella sheds light on how the MCL39’s F1 tyre maintenance has been a key aspect of their success this season as they won the Miami GP this past weekend handily despite both Lando Norris and Miami race winner Oscar Piastri having prolonged fights with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Stella on the…
Lando Norris didn’t hold back in his criticism of Max Verstappen’s robust defence of his lead in the opening lap of the 2025 F1 Miami GP, saying the Dutchman’s “crash or that’s it” approach makes it “pretty difficult” to race against the four-time world champion. Norris started from second on the grid and didn’t look…
Despite FOM publishing the action protocol in case of thunder and lightning storms during the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, F1 prepared to start the race under dry conditions. George Russell stood out as the only driver in the top 10 to start on the hard compound, while Lewis Hamilton, in P12, followed suit. Max Verstappen…
Qualifying at the F1 Miami GP was another intense battle at the front of the field. Max Verstappen took pole position ahead of Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli by six hundreths of a second. Norris locked up during his final flying lap of Q3 and clunked the inside kerb, costing him the chance to start…
Lando Norris emerged victorious in a dramatic, rain-delayed F1 Miami GP Sprint Race, capitalising on a fortuitously timed late-race safety car to take the win ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Piastri snatched the lead from polesitter Kimi Antonelli shortly after the start. From there, he focused on building a gap to Norris in second…
McLaren’s Lando Norris won the Sprint at the 2025 F1 Miami GP after a timely Safety Car intervention put him ahead of his team-mate Oscar Piastri, who had pitted first for the slick tyres as the damp circuit dried out. Norris had stayed out for an extra lap, as the two McLaren cars were too…
