Norris, Formula 1 and Mexico City
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McLaren's Oscar Piastri surrendered the Formula One championship lead to teammate Lando Norris after the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday but the Australian sounded an upbeat note about his progress and said he had taken steps to unlock his car's pace.
Lando Norris won his fifth pole of the season while Oscar Piastri was a distant seventh in Saturday qualifying.
McLaren’s Lando Norris avoided early mayhem to cruise to a dominant Mexico City Grand Prix win and retake the Formula One championship lead by a single point from teammate Oscar Piastri on Sunday.
Formula One leader Oscar Piastri said his vanishing speed was "a bit of a mystery" after struggling to seventh on the grid in Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying while teammate Lando Norris took pole position.
Oscar Piastri hopes his past experiences can help him in the F1 championship as he prepares for the Mexican Grand Prix.
The battle for the Formula 1 world championship is getting very interesting heading into Mexico City, as three drivers continue to race for the title in the annual Mexican Grand Prix. For most of the 2025 season,
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Oscar Piastri loses F1 lead, but hope remains in his battles against Lando Norris and Max Verstappen
For the first time in 189 days, Oscar Piastri is not the leader of the Formula 1 drivers' championship.The Australian took the lead on April 21 (Australian time) after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and held onto it for 15 consecutive race weekends.
And so, yet another dramatic twist in an increasingly gripping title fight has seen the once-trailing Lando Norris rise to the occasion brilliantly in Mexico to unseat his formerly unstoppable McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri from the lead in the points table that he has held since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in April.
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F1 leader Piastri in poor form and fighting to hold off Norris and Verstappen in title chase
Oscar Piastri's lead in the Formula 1 championship is shrinking after a tough weekend in Texas. At the United States Grand Prix, his teammate Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen gained ground.