McLaren Team manager Benjamin Schidt has likened Ugo Ugochukwu to Oscar Piastri, Afrosport reports. The 17-year-old American of Nigerian and Italian heritage, is part of McLaren’s junior programme, and claimed a dominant victory in the prestigious Macau Grand last weekend where he led every lap from pole position. It left his R-ace GP FR team impressed by his performance which Schidt drew comparisons with Piastri who...
Lando Norris has admitted that he is not proud of using the benefit of team orders to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday, Afrosport reports. His McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri led from pole for the sprint but part of the strategy was to allow him to move over for Norris towards the end of sprint if it remained a 1-2. The Australian...
Lando Norris has insisted he wants to win the 2024 Formula 1 world championship on merit even after his team, McLaren, made a U-turn on their policy around team orders, Afrosport reports. Team principal, Andrea Stella, ahead of this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, confirmed they will favour Norris, who is 62 points behind Max Verstappen in the drivers' standings, in certain scenarios, with eight races left....
Sir Lewis Hamilton finished Sunday's British Grand Prix in third place, behind Lando Norris who helped McLaren record their first podium of the season in second while Max Verstappen won for the sixth consecutive race in 2023. Norris sent the Silverstone crowd into raptures when he took the lead from polesitter Verstappen at the start. The Red Bull driver and reigning world champion however regained his...
Sir Lewis Hamilton has described being out-qualified by his former team McLaren as a “wake-up call” for Mercedes after the British Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday. Lando Norris was almost on pole position for McLaren but was denied by Max Verstappen. He will still start on the front row beside the Red Bull Racing driver while his teammate Oscar Piastri will start in third place...
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