{"id":208794,"date":"2025-10-12T22:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/208794\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:27:09","slug":"f1-today-andrettis-bombshell-on-norris-as-mclaren-mechanics-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/208794\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Today | Andretti&#8217;s bombshell on Norris as &#8216;McLaren mechanics caught&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As always, let\u2019s take a look at the two main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> stories from today, Sunday, October 12.<\/p>\n<p>The former American Formula 1 world champion believes that the papaya team is favouring Lando Norris in the title fight against Oscar Piastri \u2014 even though the Australian has led the championship for most of the season and still holds a considerable advantage in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian still holds a 22-point lead over his teammate with six races and three sprints remaining. Andretti, who attended the Festival of Sports, was asked by Corriere della Sera about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> season and how he rated the drivers. The focus, of course \u2014 alongside Verstappen \u2014 was on the two McLaren drivers.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251005-0867m-68e35e04a55ae.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"oscar-piastri-lando-norris-jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in Singapore &#8211; Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>During an episode of Sky Sports Germany\u2019s podcast, Schumacher revealed that Singapore had never really appealed to him.<\/p>\n<p>He joked about how vaping \u2014 the use of electronic cigarettes \u2014 is actually against the law there, something the McLaren mechanics didn\u2019t know until they got a taste of the strict local rules themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In time, though, the former German driver learned to see Singapore in a new light, thanks to Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Marina Bay circuit became iconic as the venue for F1\u2019s first-ever night race in 2008 \u2014 an event forever remembered for the Crashgate controversy involving Renault, Nelson Piquet Jr.\u2019s deliberate crash, and Fernando Alonso\u2019s unexpected win. It was also the race that played a decisive role in Felipe Massa\u2019s narrow and bitter defeat in that year\u2019s title battle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ralf-schumacher-in-the-f1-paddock-68c7f1fe685bf.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"Ralf Schumacher in the F1 paddock. Photo source: RacePictures.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ralf Schumacher claims McLaren&#8217;s mechanics were caught breaking Singaporean law. Photo: RacePictures.<\/p>\n<p>GPblog\u2019s latest F1 Paddock Update<\/p>\n<p>Want to stay on top of everything happening in the Formula 1 paddock? GPblog\u2019s F1 Paddock Update video has you covered. Subscribe to GPblog\u2019s YouTube channel and turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As always, let\u2019s take a look at the two main Formula 1 stories from today, Sunday, October 12.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-208794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}