He may have endured a disappointing qualifying session at his maiden Australian Grand Prix but Oscar Piastri is already impressing those at McLaren, ...
To be honest, at this point of the weekend last year I was probably more tired than I am now. Despite the encouragement, Piastri believes a stronger qualifying result was certainly possible in Melbourne. "This year, the closeness between the two drivers is certainly much better than what we saw last year." "What we see is that Oscar is close to Lando in most of the corners. We want the same thing in general and that's a good thing; a better dynamic. "He did a very good job in Saudi [Arabia], he got into Q3, the only Q3 this year so far.
McLaren driver Lando Norris piloted his orange car to a well-deserved sixth place in Melbourne today. The driver showed strong signs of pace throughout the ...
It was obvious with the tyres cold into turn 1, you are going to lock fronts and when you are racing you want to brake later than others then you make mistakes." Not the easiest." The driver showed strong signs of pace throughout the race, which allowed him to not get caught up in the chaotic ending.
Lando Norris shares survival tips that helped him survive the Australian Demolition Derby whilst throwing a light jab at fellow drivers.
Or you believe in Senna’s words, “If you no longer go for a gap which exists you are no longer a racing driver” According to gpblog.com, Lando Norris said, “It’s such a slow lap at the restart you can’t get the tires in. But the Lap 57 mayhem caused half of the retirements and the majority of crashes. A total of 8 cars retired from the race and only 12 managed to finish the race. ADVERTISEMENT Are Norris’ comments justified or is he just pitching remarks to make up for McLaren’s poor start to the season?
Speculation Lando Norris could be off to Mercedes before 2026 will not come to pass as there are "zero exit clauses" in his contract.
“But, in terms of my commitment, it is very high. “So, even contracts aside, it is about that he is in a happy environment, he is along for the journey, and we have got some time to prove to him that we are going to give him a car capable of winning. “He has got a contract with us and, most importantly, he is very happy here and he sees the progress that we are making, and he is a team player.
Lando Norris kickstarted his and McLaren's season with a sixth-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix.
It’s such a slow warm-up lap before the restarts so it’s hard to the get temperature." [Sergio Perez](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/sergio-perez/) was run out of room and took to the grass, [Carlos Sainz](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/carlos-sainz/) hit [Fernando Alonso](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/fernando-alonso/) and [Lance Stroll](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/lance-stroll/) ended up in the gravel. [Pierre Gasly](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/pierre-gasly/) hitting [Esteban Ocon](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/esteban-ocon/) when rejoining from the grass at turn one. [Verstappen wins Australian Grand Prix overshadowed by controversial red flag debacle](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/104791/australian-gp-race-report-max-verstappen-win/) [Lando Norris](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/lando-norris/) kickstarted his and [McLaren](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-teams/mclaren/)'s season with a sixth-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix. Norris' position was improved by the late-race drama that saw both Alpine drivers crash out of the race at a red flag restart two laps from the finish - with
McLaren's chief executive Zak Brown has played down speculation about the future of British-Belgian driver Lando Norris after two tough races in Bahrain and ...
“Right now it is pretty easy but if we are sitting here in two years’ time and his contract is nearing the end, then it is a different situation if we are not performing and I would understand him going ‘I need to get into a winning race car’,” Brown added. “Contracts aside, it is about that he is in a happy environment, he is along for the journey, and we have got some time to prove to him that we are going to give him a car capable of winning. “He has got a contract with us and, most importantly, he is very happy here and he sees the progress that we are making, and he is a team player.”