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…
With Ferrari looking strong in FP3, qualifying for the 2026 F1 United States GP promised to be an exciting battle for pole positions. However, as practice also showed, track limits could be a thing at the Circuit of the Americas. Q1: Alonso manages to reach Q2 One of the firsts out on track was Lance…
Team principal Fred Vasseur received a vote of confidence from Ferrari chairman John Elkann. Again rumours popped up that former Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner could be replacing the Frenchman. Following the poor start by the Scuderia in 2025, Horner was linked to the team. This circled around the time of his departure as…
Alex Albon endured a challenging 2025 F1 US GP, finishing outside the points in 14th despite a strong start to the weekend. The Williams driver looked competitive early on, placing 6th in FP1 and qualifying 9th for the Sprint, during which he finished 6th. However, during the main race qualifying, Albon exceeded track limits in…
The 2025 F1 US GP proved challenging for the Racing Bulls duo of Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar, as both drivers left the weekend without scoring any points. Hadjar crashed during his first Q1 run in Qualifying on Saturday, forcing him to start from the back of the grid on Sunday. In both the Sprint…
Fernando Alonso claimed that Aston Martin were the ninth fastest team on the grid after the F1 US GP. While the first and only practice session and the Sprint Qualifying of the weekend looked promising for the Spaniard, the Sprint race eliminated him on the first lap. After lining up P6 on the grid, the…
Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto struggled all weekend at the F1 US GP, starting 16th and finishing 18th. It was the first time that the Brazilian rookie failed to make it out of Q1 since Silverstone. The result also marks a three race points drought after scoring in four of his previous six races. Bortoleto “just off”…
Andrea Stella’s hopes for a double championship in 2025 took another blow at the F1 US GP, as Oscar Piastri suffered from a DNF in the Sprint and unusually poor performance during the rest of the weekend. The McLaren driver managed only sixth on the grid for the Grand Prix proper, and managed to improve…
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has come out in support of the super bold strategy call that put Charles Leclerc out on soft tyres at the start of the F1 US GP. He insists it was a well-thought-out risk rather than a last-ditch gamble. The call ended up being a key part of Leclerc’s hard…
An extremely frustrated Pierre Gasly was left bitterly disappointed by Alpine’s performance at the F1 US GP. He finished last of the runners in P19 at the end of the 56-lap contest. By Alpine’s recent standards, qualifying was pretty respectable as the 2020 Italian GP winner put his car in P14 on the grid. It…
