McLaren driver Oscar Piastri suffered a surprisingly early elimination during qualifying for the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP, qualifying down in P13. He starts 12th thanks to Liam Lawson’s DSQ. After showing promising pace and comfortable balance throughout FP3 on Saturday and the opening stages of qualifying, Piastri’s performance dropped unexpectedly in Q2. Speaking in…
Plenty of stories going into qualifying for the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP, with Lando Norris in the mix for pole, Kimi Antonelli hoping to setup a great starting position for his championship bid, and Ryō Hirakawa joining Haas to replace Esteban Ocon in a shocking mid-weekend swap. Q1: Alonso out with technical issues early…
McLaren saw mixed results from Friday practice sessions for the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP. While Lando Norris came in 2nd in his only run in FP2, Oscar Piastri was 8th on the timesheets for FP1 and 10th in FP2. Reserve driver Leonardo Fornaroli took Norris’ car for FP1 and was 17th. Singh’s assessment: “Reasonable”…
McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri offered their perspectives on Andrea Stella’s assessment of their respective “superpowers” ahead of the 2026 F1 Mexico City GP. Speaking after the United States GP in Austin, McLaren team principal Stella had highlighted what he considered to be the respective strengths of his two drivers, suggesting that Piastri…
Oscar Piastri left the 2026 F1 United States GP with a P7 finish and a rare positive from a bruising weekend in terms of pace. The race tested him from the very first lap. Traffic, tyre management and an inconsistent car all shaped his Grand Prix. Piastri made no attempt to hide how hard it…
McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris shared his thoughts on his race pace, why they opted for a one-stop strategy, whether he disagreed with the pit wall, his battles with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, the team’s decision to swap positions early on, and the efficacy of their latest upgrades following his fifth-place finish at the…
McLaren boss Andrea Stella reflected on a mixed 2026 F1 United States GP as Lando Norris finished P5 and Oscar Piastri in 7th. It was a strange weekend for the team. While the car had flashes of very strong pace in practice and qualifying with the World Champion, the MCL40 was massively inconsistent and extremely…
Mercedes F1 driver George Russell reflected on the five-second penalty he had received, his poor pace, the potential of their latest upgrades, and the importance of securing P2 in the Drivers’ Championship following his underwhelming eighth-place finish at the 2026 United States GP on Sunday. Setting only the sixth-fastest time in qualifying, Russell started the…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri admitted that putting together a complete lap has been “almost impossible”; he said this after he qualified seventh for the 2026 F1 United States GP at the Circuit of the Americas. Piastri’s best effort of 1:34.803 in Q3 left him 0.768 seconds behind F1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli. Meanwhile, Red Bull’s Max…
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have both insisted that their collision in the Singapore Sprint is a closed matter; as a result, McLaren prepares for the next round of the 2026 F1 season at the United States GP. The McLaren teammates came together on the final lap of the Sprint at Marina Bay Street Circuit….
