Max Verstappen brought it home for the team in Italy with a gap to the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri that echoed the days of Verstappen's 2023 F1 Season.
Oliver Bearman was slapped with a 10-second penalty for an incident during the Italian Grand Prix, but his pain may extend further than the Monza event.
Toto Wolff responds to McLaren's controversial decision to swap Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri's in Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix at Monza Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff reckons McLaren's call to ask Oscar Piastri to let Lando Norris past after a slow stop for Norris in the Italian Grand Prix was a "very difficult precedent to undo".
The Italian Grand Prix was a race that saw McLaren trail in Max Verstappen's wake as the four-time world champion converted pole position to win by 19 seconds.
Defending champion Max Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, defeating the McLaren tandem of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri well behind. Red Bull's Verstappen started from the pole position and only minimally challenged over the course of the next 1:13:24.325 as he defeated Norris by 19.207 seconds and Piastri by 21.351.
The latter stages of the F1 Italian Grand Prix saw an intervention from McLaren on the finishing positions of its drivers The 2025 Formula 1 championship fight is very unlike many that have come before.
Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari haven’t had the best of campaigns this year. The seven-time world champion has struggled to adjust to his new team with no real standout performances to show for.
Oscar Piastri delivered both points and laughs at Monza, finishing third in the Italian GP and dropping a line that had F1 fans in stitches. The McLaren driver admitted his race wasn’t flawless, saying he “struggled a bit through the first part” and wasn’t entirely comfortable with the car in the early laps.
Max Verstappen will start from pole position for the Italian Grand Prix after a stellar performance in qualifying. The four-time Formula 1 world champion narrowly edged out McLaren's Lando Norris at the death on Saturday, with championship leader Oscar Piastri having to settle for third.
Formula One driver Pierre Gasly signed a contract extension with Alpine through the 2028 season, the organization announced Saturday. Financial terms were not disclosed for Gasly, who signed a multi-year extension with Alpine on June 27, 2024.
For Isack Hadjar, it has been an entirely different story. Driving for Red Bull's sister team Racing Bulls, he sits 10th in the championship on 37 points.
Lewis Hamilton's much-anticipated move to Ferrari has yielded very little success, and he now holds the record for the most races for the Scuderia without a podium with 15.
Well, well, well. Look who’s getting another shot at the big time while Franco Colapinto gets to watch from the sidelines at Monza. Paul Aron, the 21-year-old Estonian who’s been lurking in the shadows all season, will slide into the cockpit for Friday’s opening practice session at the Italian Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo confirmed Friday that he has moved from the driver's seat to the role of motorsports ambassador with the rebranded Ford Racing. Ricciardo, 36, last was behind the wheel in a professional race in 2024 for the Red Bull-owned team that is now Racing Bulls.
One of many incidents from the Dutch GP came on lap 27, when Liam Lawson and Carlos Sainz made contact. Both drivers were comfortably in the points, but a collision at the Safety Car restart relegated both drivers to the back of the field.