Madeline Coleman
F1 Staff Writer at The Athletic
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1 day ago |
nytimes.com | Luke Smith |Madeline Coleman
Formula One now has a new drivers' championship leader - Oscar Piastri. The Australian driver calmly navigated his way to his third victory of the season, winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and placing himself 10 points ahead of teammate Lando Norris in the driver standings. Piastri is the first Australian driver to lead the championship since his manager, Mark Webber, did so 15 years ago at Red Bull.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Madeline Coleman |Luke Smith
The Bahrain Grand Prix saw the same driver who secured pole go on to win the race, making Oscar Piastri the first multi-race winner of the 2025 Formula One season. But this grand prix proved to be more thrilling, with differing strategies, driver mistakes and midfield battles. McLaren and Mercedes are two teams that saw a 'tale of two drivers' scenario. For McLaren, Piastri controlled the race, while Lando Norris made mistakes, swinging the momentum in F1's title battle.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Madeline Coleman
As the Bahrain Grand Prix unfolded and George Russell raced in second place, messages slowly came through on his radio that different systems were failing. Team principal Toto Wolff put it simply: "The car was wounded."The Mercedes driver suddenly suffered a brake-by-wire failure, and it took time to find the settings to reset the system, Wolff said.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Madeline Coleman
On a weekend where the FIA and its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem are already under intense scrutiny, the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards and race control officials pushed the organization further into the spotlight after a rules mess played out during qualifying. Track limits have long been a hot topic in Formula One, particularly after the 2023 Austrian GP, where more than 1,200 instances of a driver possibly exceeding track limits were reviewed.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Madeline Coleman
Oscar Piastri secured pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix as championship leader and McLaren teammate Lando Norris finished a surprise sixth in qualifying after making a mistake on his final lap. Piastri finished 0.168 seconds ahead of George Russell, who will line up alongside the Australian under the floodlights come Sunday. Charles Leclerc rounded out the top three, with Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli joining the Ferrari driver on the second row.
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