There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him but briefly before alighting on other targets. Principally that’s
There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him briefly before alighting on other targets. Principally that’s because
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff heaped praise on George Russell after he finished on the podium for the second time in as many races in Shanghai. Russell split the McLaren drivers on the grid and kept in touch with them for much of the race on his way to finishing third. Wolff said there was
F1 2025’s second race of the season in Shanghai was held in vastly different circumstances than Melbourne’s mixed-weather thriller, but this week’s winners-losers section features some familiar figures. Oscar Piastri, McLaren Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images If a composed wet-dry-wet win in Australia showed Lando Norris is driving like a title contender, then
Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend? It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days. Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Shanghai International Circuit.
Oscar Piastri will start the Chinese Grand Prix from pole position after breaking the track record in Shanghai. Q1 For the second qualifying session in a row this weekend, Liam Lawson was not only eliminated in Q1, but last of all. But in an incredibly close session, he was only two-tenths of a second away
Formula 1 has picked off in Shanghai where it left off in Melbourne – with McLaren’s rivals wondering just how far they are behind the championship’s leading car. The wet race in Australia – wild and wonderful though it was – actually made the formbook harder to read. Ferrari never got a chance to show
Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Australian Grand Prix weekend? It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days. Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Albert Park. Driver
Mercedes driver George Russell believes McLaren is so dominant it can already turn off development of its current Formula 1 car and move on to 2026. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, with Norris putting nearly four tenths on the team’s nearest chaser Max Verstappen in
Mercedes’ George Russell believes McLaren is so dominant it can already turn off development of its current Formula 1 car and move on to 2026. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, with Norris putting nearly four tenths on the team’s nearest chaser Max Verstappen in
George Russell felt confident with his Mercedes W16 on the harder compounds during practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, but thought the car was struggling to get more out of the softs during the qualifying simulations. Russell placed 10th overall in the FP2 timesheets, although displayed good levels of projected race pace during the
George Russell is convinced McLaren will start the new Formula 1 season as the team to beat following their performance in pre-season testing. The Mercedes driver is hoping his car will prove less prone to severe swings in performance over the upcoming season. “The car’s feeling good,” he told the official F1 channel. “I think
