McLaren’s Oscar Piastri took pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix with team-mate Lando Norris down in sixth. Mercedes’ George Russell qualified second but was demoted one place behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc because a team operational error. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, just one point behind Norris at the head of the championship, was one place behind the Briton in seventh.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen fended off a race-long challenge from the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to win the Japanese Grand Prix. The Dutchman’s fourth consecutive victory at Suzuka was his first of the year and moves him to within one point of Norris at the head of the drivers’ championship. Verstappen’s drive was cool under intense pressure, with rarely more than two seconds between him and Norris. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ahead of the Mercedes duo of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
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Max Verstappen stunned his own Red Bull team and rivals McLaren by grabbing pole position from Lando Norris for the Japanese Grand Prix. Lagging behind the McLarens throughout the weekend, the world champion pipped Norris by 0.012 seconds with his final lap of the session. The second McLaren of Oscar Piastri was third ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc while Mercedes’ George Russell took fifth ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari.
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Red Bull have confirmed that they will demote Liam Lawson and replace him with Yuki Tsunoda with immediate effect. The decision comes after Lawson had completed just two grands prix for Red Bull, and three months after Tsunoda was passed over for the New Zealander as a replacement for Sergio Perez. Lawson will return to second team Racing Bulls as team-mate to French rookie Isack Hadjar.
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Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris to a dominant McLaren one-two in the Chinese Grand Prix ahead of George Russell’s Mercedes. Piastri’s calm, controlled victory made it two wins from two for McLaren at the start of the season following Norris’ outstanding drive in the wet in Melbourne last weekend. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came home fourth with the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc fifth and sixth before post race inspections saw both cars disqualified for weigh irregularities.
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