Oscar Piastri avoided disaster in Azerbaijan when teammate Lando Norris proved unable to capitalize on Piastri's retirement.

Max Verstappen’s 2025 season has been anything but straightforward. He came out of the gates strong, but it didn’t take long for McLaren’s pace to swing the momentum in their favor, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri trading wins while Verstappen was often stuck settling for third.

After a year that has seen so much success for the team and so few errors from the drivers – especially Piastri – the Baku weekend was a rude awakening for the team and Stella, who has done such a good job of turning McLaren into a winning machine over the past two seasons. He was keen to stress that Piastri will quickly bounce back.

Lando Norris finished seventh after Oscar Piastri crashed out in Azerbaijan. Was this a missed opportunity or the result of a difficult set of circumstances?

Oscar Piastri has refused to rule Max Verstappen out of World Championship contention, but declared that he is 'not too concerned' with the Red Bull driver's recent surge. The reigning world champion has won back-to-back Grands Prix, trimming the deficit to P1 in the Drivers' Championship standings from 104 points to 69.

Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri has been told the outcome of the investigation following his crash at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri has taken a new chassis after his Baku crash, but avoided a pit lane start as McLaren fitted the same spec parts.