It was an eventful F1 Italian GP for Oscar Piastri and the McLaren team, who closed out a 2-3 double podium that was met with controversy. The weekend was expected to be a significant one, with Piastri inching closer to the title after the Dutch GP. However, Norris was proving to be the stronger driver…
Oscar Piastri has opened up about the conversation McLaren sought to have with the drivers to understand their individual wishes for handling the outcome of the two-way F1 championship battle and the reaction of Andrea Stella to Lando Norris’s retirement in Zandvoort. Following the contentious driver swap after the first and only round of pit…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has shared his opinions on the variation in pace between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in different stages of the opening stint and Max Verstappen’s dominant victory at the F1 Italian GP on Sunday. How the race unfolded for the McLaren drivers The McLaren duo qualified in the top three…
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has weighed in on McLaren’s controversial driver swap at the F1 Italian GP as Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris continue to compete in the two-way race for the Drivers’ Championship. The Austrian reckons that McLaren’s decision to instruct Piastri to relinquish his place after a slow pit stop for Norris…
Was McLaren right to intervene, swapping Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s positions following an unexpected slow stop for the British driver, or did the team cross a line at the Italian GP? In this opinion piece, Pit Debrief examines both sides of the argument. Yes: Why McLaren’s intervention was justified Strategy and fairness McLaren made…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella defended the team’s controversial late-race instruction for Oscar Piastri to hand second place back to teammate and championship rival Lando Norris during the F1 Italian GP. The McLaren pitwall has once again landed itself in hot water after intervening to undo the consequences of a slow pit stop that saw…
Oscar Piastri momentarily inherited second place late on at the 2025 F1 Italian GP after his McLaren team-mate and title rival Lando Norris suffered a slow pit stop in the closing stages and rejoined in third, after holding second for much of the race. But the McLaren F1 team asked the Australian to give up…
Lando Norris finished second at the 2025 F1 Italian GP, after a bit of late-race drama after he had a slow pit stop on lap 47 and momentarily lost his second place to team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri, as the Australian had to be asked to let his McLaren team-mate through. Although it sparked…
Round 16 of the 2025 F1 season is in the books as the Italian GP race is completed, view the full report and results here. Max Verstappen started on pole ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly started from pit lane after power unit changes following qualifying. The top 13…
After a difficult Qualifying at the F1 Italian GP, Lando Norris put his McLaren on the front row for Sunday’s race with a P2 result. While this result is not ideal for the Brit, especially after leading in two Free Practice sessions. Yet, in terms of the title fight, he managed to outqualify his teammate…
