McLaren F1 boss finally explains ‘specific cause’ of double disqualification - Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri missed out on crucial championship points after their DSQs in Vegas

McLaren insists there is still "no reason" to back Lando Norris over Oscar Piastri despite the looming threat of Max Verstappen in the F1 title race.

After double disqualification at the Las Vegas GP, should McLaren now do all that it can to support Lando Norris in the F1 drivers’ title battle?

Through a motorsport career spanning 45 years, Adrian Newey has been instrumental to some of the greatest championship wins in Formula One

It’s fitting that Penguin Publishing Group released Zak Brown’s Seven Tenths of a Second this week, just before the F1 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Brown is the CEO of McLaren Racing, whose Formula 1 team may wrap up the 2025 F1 World Drivers Championship in Vegas this weekend.

McLaren finished with Lando Norris second, and Oscar Piastri fourth, but both were excluded post-race in Las Vegas due to excessive wear of the skid plank. Under Formula 1 regulations the skid planks must be 9mm thick, but Norris’ car failed the checks by 0.12mm at its thinnest point, and Piastri’s car by 0.26mm.

Lando Norris expecting to have more performance in his car in Qatar than Las Vegas having had to manage porpoising issues last weekend; watch Qatar Grand Prix Practice from 1.30pm followed by Sprint Qualifying at 5.

Oscar Piastri reveals McLaren talks over Lando Norris favouritism - Piastri, level on points with Max Verstappen, trails Norris by 24 points, but McLaren will not alter their approach