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Lando Norris is still in a strong position to win his first F1 drivers' championship but Max Verstappen now has a real chance of making it five in a row.

Lando Norris is still in a strong position to win his first F1 drivers' championship but Max Verstappen now has a real chance of making it five in a row.

Lando Norris is still in a strong position to win his first F1 drivers' championship but Max Verstappen now has a real chance of making it five in a row.

Lando Norris is still in a strong position to win his first F1 drivers' championship but Max Verstappen now has a real chance of making it five in a row.

All the key BBC coverage details for the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail Circuit, which takes place from 28-30 November.

McLaren has apologised to its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for its costly double disqualification at Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix, as it explained what went wrong.
Norris and Piastri finished second and fifth respectively on the streets of Las Vegas, before both drivers were thrown out of the results for excessive plank wear.
McLaren exhaustively attempted to argue to the ...Keep reading

Rosanna and the BBC F1 team look back at the race from Las Vegas

Rosanna and the BBC F1 team look back at the race from Las Vegas

Rosanna and the BBC F1 team look back at the race from Las Vegas

Rosanna and the BBC F1 team look back at the race from Las Vegas

Lando Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri are disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for technical infringements.

Two races after Formula 1 race control drew criticism for a close call between two marshals and Liam Lawson at the Mexico Grand Prix, the timing of a marshal intervention during a race again became a contentious topic in Las Vegas.
After a multi-car clash at the start of the Vegas night race left debris strewn into the Turn 1 run-off area, marshals were deployed from the marshal post on the ...Keep reading

Christian Horner is understood to be a contender for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team principal role as incumbent Andy Cowell looks set to leave, according to reports.
Horner was sacked as Red Bull boss in July after 20 years in the role, winning eight drivers’ titles and six constructors’ crowns in that time. 
He then officially left in September after agreeing to a settlement, believed ...Keep reading

The FIA’s decision documents relating to McLaren’s disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix give insight into how the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ champions fought their case – to no avail.
Championship leader Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, his team-mate and title rival, have been excluded from the race results due to excessive wear on their respective rear skid ...Keep reading

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 2. Lando Norris (McLaren), 3. George Russell (Mercedes)

Gabriel Bortoleto has been handed a five-place grid penalty for the Qatar Grand Prix after his opening corner collision with Lance Stroll on the first lap of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen dominated the Las Vegas Grand Prix as Lando Norris moved ever closer to the 2025 Formula 1 Drivers' title.

Immediately after the Las Vegas GP, Lando Norris had one hand on the 2025 Formula 1 world drivers’ championship despite losing out to Max Verstappen in Sin City.
That all changed after both Norris and team-mate – and championship rival – Oscar Piastri were disqualified when their cars failed technical checks.
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In the aftermath of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the usual post-race inspections revealed that both McLaren cars had fallen foul of Formula 1's restrictions on plank wear.
The cars of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had both demonstrated wear beyond the minimum thickness on the rearmost skid block, defined as 9mm by Formula 1's technical regulations. Given that the plank must be 10mm thick when ...Keep reading

McLaren has received a double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix because both of its Formula 1 cars failed to meet the minimum thickness requirement of the rear skid block.
It means Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have respectively lost their second and fourth-place finishes from Saturday night, having breached Article 3.5.9 e) of the 2025 F1 technical regulations.
This states ...Keep reading