Formula 1 2025: Discussion Thread Motor Sport

[Franco Pinion]

McLaren have said Lando Norris will face "consequences" for his collision with Oscar Piastri while passing him at Turn Three on the first lap at the Singapore Grand Prix.

But they have not said what those repercussions will be, although it has emerged they will be of a sporting nature, and relatively minor, befitting the scale of the incident.

McLaren Racing chief executive officer Zak Brown told Sky Sports it would be "very marginal, probably won't be noticed".

Following the first practice in America, Brown added: "They've been free to race all year; we want them to race, we're excited.

"I can tell everybody we're letting them race hard - fairly and equally."

 

[Bad Gizmo]

Ferrari chairman John Elkann drops a bomb on his own drivers after the Brazilian Grand Prix:

And certainly, we have drivers who need to focus on driving and talk less, because we still have important races ahead of us and finishing second is not impossible.

Elkann's comments come on the back of a Sao Paulo Grand Prix last weekend in which Ferrari suffered a double retirement and Hamilton described his maiden season with the team as a "nightmare".

Ferrari dropped to fourth in the constructors' championship as a result of the race. They are 36 points behind Mercedes and four adrift of Red Bull with three grands prix and a sprint remaining.

Elkann said at an Olympics sponsorship event in Rome on Monday that the team's mechanics and engineers were performing well, but "if we look at the rest, it is not up to scratch".

 

[Franco Pinion]

Red Bull will promote Frenchman Isack Hadjar to their senior team and hand 18-year-old Briton Arvid Lindblad a debut Formula 1 season in 2026.

Lindblad, who has a Swedish father and a mother of Indian descent, will be teammate to New Zealander Liam Lawson at the second team Racing Bulls.

The shuffling of Red Bull's driver line-up sees Japanese Yuki Tsunoda lose his seat on the grid after five seasons.

Hadjar, 21, will become four-time champion Max Verstappen's team-mate after an impressive rookie season at Racing Bulls, which included an outstanding podium finish at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Lindblad joins five other drivers with British nationality on the grid next year - Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, McLaren's Lando Norris, Mercedes' George Russell, Oliver Bearman of Haas and Williams driver Alex Albon, who races under the Thai flag but was born and raised in Britain.

Lindblad said it was a "proud moment", adding: "2026 will be a big challenge and I know there's a lot to learn, but I'm ready to work closely with the team and rise to it. I can't wait to get started."

Not surprised Tsunoda is without a seat. He has been poor all season. It will be interesting to see how Hadjar performs in the second car.