Piastri has been unusually slow compared to his team-mate at Austin, which team boss Stella says is down to a couple of factors

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris made contact for the second race weekend in a row at the United States Grand Prix. Max Verstappen narrowed the gap to both McLaren drivers in the championship after winning the Sprint Race at Circuit of The Americas.

Oscar Piastri says he is lacking comfort and confidence in his McLaren at the United States Grand Prix after qualifying sixth and seeing Max Verstappen take further points out of his championship lead.

Lando Norris has revealed that McLaren has held him accountable for contact with teammate Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix and that there "will be repe

Who's at the head of the pack in this year's Formula 1 driver standings? Not Max Verstappen? Not Lewis Hamilton. It's Oscar Piastri, F1's 24-year-old Australian sensation.

McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided in the last race at Singapore - doing so again on Saturday in America - but the penalty for the Brit is only a minor one

Oscar Piastri admitted he did not feel at one with his McLaren car in qualifying for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, having ended up a disappointing sixth. The Australian’s Saturday started in woeful fashion, having been punted by Nico Hulkenberg on Lap 1 of the Sprint Race, which sent him into team-mate Lando Norris.

Piastri was informed by race engineer Tom Stallard that McLaren were looking into it. The stewards were also busy noting the collision but elected against any action. Stallard was back on the intercom: “As a team we can see that Lando has to avoid Verstappen, so we won’t take any action during the race. We can review further afterwards.”

Oscar Piastri heads into the United States Grand Prix with something to prove. When he stood on top of the podium in Zandvoort, it looked like everything was finally falling into place for his first drivers’ championship.