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Piastri wins Spanish GP as Verstappen penalised after late controversy

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 17:51
Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two at the Spanish Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen handed a 10-second penalty after late controversy.

Piastri wins Spanish GP as Verstappen penalised after late controversy

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 17:51
Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two at the Spanish Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen handed a 10-second penalty after late controversy.

Piastri wins Spanish GP as Verstappen penalised after late controversy

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 17:51
Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two at the Spanish Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen handed a 10-second penalty after late controversy.

Piastri wins Spanish GP as Verstappen penalised after late controversy

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 17:51
Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two at the Spanish Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen handed a 10-second penalty after late controversy.

George Russell accuses Max Verstappen of deliberate crash in F1 Spanish GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 17:08
George Russell has accused Max Verstappen of deliberately crashing into him during the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix and claimed the move was “totally unnecessary”.
Drama escalated in Barcelona after the lap 61 safety car restart, as third-placed Verstappen was immediately put under pressure from behind following a slide out of the final corner.
Charles Leclerc first overtook him down the ...Keep reading

Spanish GP: Five quick takeaways

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 15:56
Piastri strikes back
After losing out on two consecutive weekends, Oscar Piastri responded like a true championship contender in Barcelona. It wasn’t a straightforward win, that’s for sure. On Saturday, the Australian recovered from a disappointing first lap in Q3 to steal pole from his teammate Lando Norris by over two-tenths. On Sunday, he delivered when it mattered.
Piastri got off to ...Keep reading

F1 Spanish GP: Oscar Piastri wins as Max Verstappen penalised for George Russell clash

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 15:50
Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris home to hand McLaren a 1-2 win at Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen was demoted to 10th after seeing red in a battle with Charles Leclerc and George Russell.
Piastri led from pole into Turn 1, while Verstappen jumped Norris by swooping around the outside of the second McLaren.
Behind them there was an intense battle between the Ferraris and ...Keep reading

Porsche’s 'setback' is a triumph for Ford, Acura’s Detroit GP | Winners and Losers

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 15:20
The original headline for Saturday’s IMSA race report read something like “BOP be damned, Porsche Penske proves perfection again in Detroit”…before the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac and #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing cars instantly changed it, not two-minutes later. The lesson here is that endurance racing can be unpredictable, and never write a lede to a story before you see the whole ...Keep reading

F2: Lindblad dominates in Barcelona to claim Feature Race victory for Campos Racing

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-06-01 15:00
Campos Racing’s Arvid Lindblad was at his dominant best on Sunday morning in Barcelona, converting his maiden pole position into a first Formula 2 Feature Race victory.

The winners and losers from Formula E’s Shanghai showdown

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 14:24
Formula E experienced a mixed weekend in Shanghai, with a variety of weather conditions, podium finishers and strategies across both days of the double-header.
Here are your winners and losers from the championship’s time in China.
Winner: DS Penske

Race winner Maximilian Guenther, DS Penske, Jean-Eric Vergne, DS Penske
Photo by: DPPI

History was made during the first ...Keep reading

Stroll misses Spanish GP with injury after losing temper

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 13:57
Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll misses the Spanish Grand Prix with injury, in the aftermath of losing his temper in the team garage.

Stroll misses Spanish GP with injury after losing temper

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 13:57
Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll misses the Spanish Grand Prix with injury, in the aftermath of losing his temper in the team garage.

Stroll misses Spanish GP with injury after losing temper

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sun, 2025-06-01 13:57
Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll misses the Spanish Grand Prix with injury, in the aftermath of losing his temper in the team garage.

Timing of Lance Stroll's late F1 Spanish GP withdrawal explained

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 12:18
Details have emerged of Lance Stroll's absence for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix grid as the Canadian battled worsening pain in his right hand and wrist.
Late on Saturday night, hours after Stroll qualified 14th for the Barcelona race, Aston Martin released a statement saying its driver would not take part in the race, meaning Fernando Alonso is the sole Aston driver on the grid of 19 ...Keep reading

F3: Camara in top form in Barcelona to claim third win in 2025

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-06-01 12:00
Rafael Camara converted pole position to win his third race of the 2025 Formula 3 campaign, controlling the Feature Race from the front.

TREMAYNE: The tragic story of the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-06-01 12:00
F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne looks back on a shocking day in Barcelona...

WATCH: See how Piastri beat McLaren team mate Norris to pole with our ‘Ghost Car’ feature

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-06-01 12:00
Oscar Piastri got the better of McLaren team mate Lando Norris in a pulsating end to Qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, with the title contenders trading fastest lap times during Q3.

Why McLaren is surprised by Red Bull gap at F1 Spanish GP, but not by front wing outcome

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 11:15
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has explained why he expected Red Bull to be closer in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix as the FIA's front wing flexing clampdown appears overblown.
Competitors had hoped the FIA's decreased tolerance for front wing flexing would have reduced McLaren's advantage on the rest of the field, but that theory has been put to bed after the papaya ...Keep reading

Why Aston Martin can’t replace Lance Stroll for the F1 Spanish GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 10:36
Aston Martin F1 driver Lance Stroll was a late withdrawal from the Spanish Grand Prix, complaining of pain in the hand and wrist – after-effects of a medical procedure he underwent after a cycling accident on the eve of the 2023 season.
But the timing of the decision meant it was too late to slot in a replacement.
In theory, Aston Martin has a reserve driver available – 2022 F2 champion ...Keep reading

George Russell: Hard compounds will be Mercedes' "only silver lining" in hot F1 Spanish GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-01 10:06
In the development of its W16 for 2025, Mercedes has invariably retained one of its key weaknesses from last season – poor thermal management, particularly at the rear axle.
Although this is actually beneficial in colder races, as demonstrated by its dominance of 2024's Las Vegas race, Mercedes is susceptible to overheating its tyres amid higher temperatures.
Both Mercedes drivers ...Keep reading

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