McLaren dominate Miami as Piastri leads title charge

MCLAREN continued their dominant run in the 2025 season with a brilliant one-two finish at the Miami Grand Prix.

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The Surrey-based outfit are now the undoubted favourite to reclaim the constructors’ championship, despite only six races having been completed. They hold a commanding 106-point lead over second-placed Mercedes (141 points), with Red Bull trailing further behind on 105 points.

Though Oscar Piastri has carved out an early lead, the world drivers’ championship remains wide open, as fierce wheel-to-wheel battles stir memories of the electrifying 2021 duel between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

Here, Obakeng Meletse unpacks three key talking points from an action-packed Miami GP weekend.

PLAYING CATCH-UP

Lando Norris’ hunger to reignite his season backfired once again, as his aggressive duel with Verstappen cost him valuable track position and time. Starting from second, the McLaren driver eventually slipped down to sixth. He would eventually finish second.