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Disaster for McLaren with a double disqualification at the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong

Just a few hour after the latest Formula 1 race, in Las Vegas, everything was erased for the McLaren-Mercedes team as both of its cars were disqualified for excessive plank wear (along the bottom of the car). Lando Norris had secured pole position and gone on to finish second, and Oscar Piastri had started from… Continue reading Disaster for McLaren with a double disqualification at the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

A dramatic Sao Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong

Lando Norris of McLaren-Mercedes took confident pole positions and victories in both the sprint race (a short event with around one third the laps of the full event) and the main race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, over the past weekend. Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes did extremely well to start from second position and finish… Continue reading A dramatic Sao Paulo Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Poor management at the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong

Last weekend’s Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix saw a few key developments: (1) the McLaren team securing this year’s Formula 1 World Constructors’ Championship, and by a significant margin; (2) minor but controversial contact between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s cars on the first lap; and (3) poor management on a few fronts, in my… Continue reading Poor management at the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

A scintillating Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

Published on Author Yean Wei Ong

Following a disastrous qualifying result in Azerbaijan for the championship-leading McLaren-Mercedes team, with relatively lowly seventh and ninth positions on the starting grid, the situation became even worse as the team’s championship-leading driver Oscar Piastri false-started and then crashed out of the race on Lap 1. The normally reliable Mr. Piastri, and we must remember… Continue reading A scintillating Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →