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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko apologised for suggesting Andrea Kimi Antonelli deliberately let McLaren's Lando Norris through in the Qatar Grand Prix, with the Mercedes Formula 1 driver subjected to a torrent of online abuse.
Antonelli slid off the track on the penultimate lap of the Losail race, allowing Norris to snatch fourth place away from the Italian, and with it take two important ...Keep reading

McLaren boss Andrea Stella admitted that the team ‘misjudged’ its strategy in the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix and said an internal review will be carried out to dissect its decision not to pit either driver under the safety car.
McLaren was the team to beat around Losail, with Oscar Piastri take sprint pole and victory, and starting Sunday’s grand prix on pole ahead of team-mate and title ...Keep reading

In any deteriorated relationship, there may come a point of no return where a breakup – if handled well – is the least traumatic solution for both sides. That is when mourning sets in: the period during which the wound heals and, once completed, both parties can face the future with clarity.
We might be talking about romantic couples, but the concept also applies to professional bonds ...Keep reading

Winning the 2025 Formula 1 title “doesn’t really matter” to Max Verstappen, ahead of a three-way title decider in Abu Dhabi.
The Red Bull driver took his seventh grand prix victory of the season in Qatar thanks to an impeccable drive and a decisive strategy call. That success meant he reduced his deficit to the championship lead from 104 points three months ago to 12 points ahead of the ...Keep reading

You must have seen that clip from Las Vegas. Interviewed by Sky Sports ahead of the weekend, Carlos Sainz was asked about his view on John Elkann’s remark that his – Ferrari’s – drivers should “talk less” and focus on what they’re hired to do: drive the red cars as fast as they can.
“As a former Ferrari driver,” Ted Kravitz asked Sainz, “do Ferrari drivers need to be more ...Keep reading

“What is McLaren doing?” – That exact line, followed by a “WTF”, is what I wrote yesterday in our internal editorial chat when I saw both McLaren Formula 1 drivers calmly cruising past the pit entry behind the safety car. 
Hindsight is always 20/20, of course, but I was surely not the only F1 follower who didn’t understand why McLaren had just opened the door for Max Verstappen to ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans have been left fuming after a disastrous weekend for McLaren at the Qatar Grand Prix has left the three-way championship fight to be decided at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
The Woking outfit started with a front row lockout at the Losail International Circuit but ended with second and fourth-place finishes after choosing the wrong strategy during an early safety car.
Oscar ...Keep reading

Winner: Max Verstappen
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has likened Max Verstappen to a horror movie villain. You're never quite done with him even when you think you're safe, only for the four-time world champion to return from the dead.
Verstappen is surely wondering himself how he's still in the title fight - thank McLaren, mostly - but even after going 104 points behind the 28-year-old has kept his ...Keep reading

Red Bull principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz has explained she overcame scepticism from her colleagues to pit Max Verstappen despite both McLarens staying out in Formula 1’s Qatar Grand Prix.
The race was neutralised by the safety car on lap seven after Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly clashed; this happened to be the first lap when drivers could pit on to a two-stop strategy while ...Keep reading

Red Bull will reveal its 2026 season driver line-up across its two teams on Tuesday, team principal and CEO Laurent Mekies has confirmed.
Red Bull initially planned to make its final decision on its driver line-ups by the end of November, but it since backtracked on it as it had second thoughts on its final Racing Bulls seat.
Isack Hadjar is expected to be promoted to the main Red Bull team ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc felt he had no confidence in the car during what ended up being a fairly miserable Qatar Grand Prix for the Ferrari driver. 
After starting from 10th, the Monegasque driver finished in eighth, taking home just four points. While he managed to improve his starting position, Leclerc was frustrated after the race.
"I had no confidence in the car, I had no pace in the car, I had ...Keep reading

After stealing another win from the McLaren team at the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, Max Verstappen responded to Zak Brown's description of him as a 'horror movie' villain, joking that the team can call him "Chucky" as the 2025 title fight heads to Abu Dhabi. 
Speaking in the press conference after his win in Qatar, the reigning champion was asked about the comments made by the McLaren Racing CEO ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri claimed that his lost Qatar Grand Prix win was more painful than McLaren's double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After starting from pole position, the Australian driver just had to make it through the first few corners before making the most of a track with limited overtaking opportunities to bring home the victory.
But while the rest of the grid capitalised ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has explained the mistake that cost him fourth place in Formula 1’s Qatar Grand Prix – to title contender Lando Norris’ benefit.
Antonelli was chasing Carlos Sainz for the final podium spot when he lost control of his Mercedes on the penultimate lap of the race. Norris snatched fourth place away, crucially scoring two more points, which earned the Mercedes rookie ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff says Helmut Marko's suggestion that Andrea Kimi Antonelli waved Lando Norris past at the end of the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix is "brainless" and "utter nonsense".
Fighting over third with Sainz ahead and Norris behind him, Antonelli slipped up on the penultimate lap  by sliding the rear tyres and drifting off the track at Turn 10, allowing Norris to snatch away fourth and with it ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has admitted the team "clearly made a huge mistake" with its strategy at the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, admitting that better results for both Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were thrown away by the decision not to pit under the early safety car. 
Piastri started from pole with his team-mate alongside him on the front row. While Red Bull's Max Verstappen was able to ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports Germany analyst Ralf Schumacher was baffled by McLaren's strategy call during the Qatar Grand Prix.
After starting from pole position, Oscar Piastri crossed the line to finish in second and Lando Norris finished fourth after starting in second. A crucial moment for the Woking outfit came on lap 7 when the rest of the grid opted to pit under safety car ...Keep reading

McLaren’s call not to pit Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris during the safety car period gave Max Verstappen the chance to charge to Qatar Grand Prix victory and set up a Formula 1 title decider.
Verstappen has cut the deficit to Norris to 12 points heading into the season finale in Abu Dhabi, with Piastri now third and 16 points behind his McLaren team-mate.
The Qatar GP outcome appeared to ...Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks it was "obvious" Andrea Kimi Antonelli let Lando Norris through on purpose at the end of Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix.
Norris looked set to finish fifth behind Antonelli after a botched strategy call left him out of podium contention, with overtaking on Doha's Losail circuit very challenging without a significant speed advantage.
But on the penultimate ...Keep reading

For the first time since 2010, a Formula 1 title decider will involve more than two drivers, with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri still in contention, following the Dutchman's victory at the Qatar Grand Prix.
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