From Canal+ to Sky Sports, there is speculation in the pit lane that McLaren has granted Oscar Piastri priority in qualifying as Lando Norris’ “repercussion” for breaking the team’s papaya rules at the Singapore Grand Prix. It, however, didn’t help Piastri in Austin as he qualified behind his teammate, P6 to Norris’ P2 result.

Oscar Piastri remains confident in his Formula 1 world championship chances after Lando Norris and Max Verstappen slashed his lead at the United States Grand Prix.

But the real drama came earlier today, when Verstappen won the sprint race from pole after the McLaren teammates and championship rivals collided at Turn 1 of Lap 1 and were immediately dumped out of...