News Details

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri take to the track together for the first time

McLaren’s relationship with Daniel Ricciardo was extremely positive, with both sides exhausting every option in an attempt to make their time together as successful as possible. Unfortunately, the Australian was unable to find his true form with the team and was comprehensively beating in the championship by McLaren’s young star Lando Norris. The team were left with no option but to part ways with Ricciardo and opted to appoint his younger countryman Oscar Piastri, who was signed with Alpine as a young driver. A hearing with the Contract Recognition Board resulted in the 21-year-old being allowed to reject Alpine’s offer of a race seat and join McLaren, much to the outrage to the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

McLaren not ‘too scared' about Oscar Piastri

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes rookie driver Oscar Piastri...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Ex-Ferrari team principal slapped with ban amid...

Juventus are not exactly strangers to corruption and scandals in Italian...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

‘Like a divorce': James Vowles opens up on...

After a month of waiting, Williams finally have a new team principal, in...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Alpine outline their ‘100-race plan’ after...

When Renault rebranded to Alpine in 2022, many fans were excited to see...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar takes over promotion of Nashville event

IndyCar’s Music City Grand Prix will be promoted internally by IndyCar...

Juncos Hollinger shows off new-look livery for 2025...

Juncos Hollinger Racing unveiled a new look for the 2025 NTT IndyCar...

Scott McLaughlin on track to repeat Supercars success...

After spending the last four years moving up the ranks in the NTT IndyCar...

Christian Lundgaard hails ‘pure racing’ aspect of...

Christian Lundgaard is beginning his fourth full season driving in the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners defender nearing...

Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko is reportedly closing in on a move to...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Collymore's column: Amorim was justified, Ange needs...

In his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa attacker...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Newey handed huge Aston Martin blow in bleak 2025 prediction

Adrian Newey has been dealt a significant blow... Read More »
14h ago from GPFans.com

FIA steward issues SHOCK Hamilton F1 title verdict

A Formula 1 steward has issued his surprise... Read More »
4h ago from GPFans.com

FIA confirm NEW championship points system

The FIA have confirmed a new points system will... Read More »
18h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.