Reese Mautone

Melbourne

Motorsport Journalist at Australian Auto Action

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Lawson misses out in Spain as Safety Car shakes up "strong race"

3 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Liam Lawson’s hopes of scoring back-to-back points were ruined by bad luck at the Spanish Grand Prix, where the Kiwi missed the Safety Car line by just half a second — undoing the gains of an otherwise impressive drive on a mixed but encouraging weekend for Racing Bulls. Launching from thirteenth on the grid, Lawson had reason to believe a second straight points finish was on the cards given the overtaking opportunities the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya presents.
Piastri praises McLaren’s clarity to seal fifth win of the season

3 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Oscar Piastri ranked the Spanish Grand Prix weekend as “one of the strongest” of his career, offering his praise to McLaren for “not getting distracted” by unexpected strategies on his way to securing his fifth win of the season. Piastri’s world-class qualifying efforts allowed him to become the final driver to start a Grand Prix from pole position at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the Spanish event set to relocate to Madrid from 2026 onwards.
Piastri wins in Spain as Verstappen meltdown steals the spotlight

3 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Oscar Piastri may have cruised to a composed Spanish Grand Prix victory, but Max Verstappen’s chaotic late-race antics — including a deliberate clash with George Russell — stole the headlines from what was a dominant 1–2 finish for McLaren. Off the line, the championship leader got the dream start as he remained without threat through the opening sequence of corners, leaving his teammate and Max Verstappen to battle it out in his mirrors.
Stroll withdraws from Spanish GP due to pre-existing injury

3 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Lance Stroll has withdrawn from the Spanish Grand Prix after Aston Martin confirmed the Canadian has been suffering from “pain in his hand and wrist” linked to injuries sustained in his 2023 pre-season cycling crash.
Lawson's Q3 bid falls short amid balance struggles in Spain

4 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Liam Lawson “struggled to put it all together” during a tricky Qualifying session at the Spanish Grand Prix, with the Kiwi’s search for balance leaving him a disappointed 13th on the grid for the 66-lap race. Breaking free of the characteristic pitlane chaos at the start of Qualifying, Lawson ignited his Spanish GP campaign by setting the initial benchmark time of 1:13.482s, achieved after the #30 went fastest overall through the middle sector.
Piastri's P1 never in doubt: "I always felt pretty confident"

4 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Oscar Piastri says he “always felt pretty confident that I could achieve” pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix, delivering a commanding performance to secure the fourth pole of his Formula 1 career, all in a bid to build on his three-point lead over Lando Norris in the championship fight. It was a delayed start for the Australian who emerged from the pitlane traffic jam with just over ten minutes left in Q1 to begin his first flying lap of the session.
Piastri stuns in Barcelona with season’s biggest Pole margin

4 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Oscar Piastri delivered when it mattered most, powering to pole by the largest margin of the season over his teammate in a commanding McLaren display that looked inevitable from the outset of Qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix. With practice done and dusted, the time for fine-tuning was over as Q1 marked the first real test of outright pace.
Piastri flies in FP3 ahead of important Qualifying in Spain

4 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Scorching track conditions kept most drivers in the garage early in FP3, before Oscar Piastri charged to the top of the timesheets, deeming himself the man to beat heading into an important Qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix. Despite having just sixty minutes of practice left ahead of the first competitive session of the weekend, cars on track during the opening fifteen minutes of FP3 were a rarity as the drivers shielded themselves from the scoring track conditions for as long as possible.
Lawson "positive" as Racing Bulls tackle flexi-wing shift

4 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Liam Lawson got his Spanish Grand Prix weekend off to a confident start, backing up a “positive” opening session with another composed and competitive showing in FP2 as Racing Bulls continued to adapt to F1’s updated technical directive.
Piastri debriefs on "up-and-down day” in Spain

4 weeks ago | autoaction.com.au | Reese Mautone

Oscar Piastri recovered from an “up-and-down” opening session to end Friday on a high in Barcelona, finding strong pace in FP2 as he builds confidence heading into the rest of a crucial Spanish Grand Prix weekend. Piastri began his Spanish Grand Prix weekend with a few early laps on the hard compound tyre, clocking the second-fastest time on his initial run as the field worked through key aerodynamic updates under the latest flexi-wing directive.