Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with McLaren falling foul of the technical regulations.
McLaren lost second and fourth-place finishes in Las Vegas as the stewards disqualified Norris and Piastri from the 2025 Las Vegas GP.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri disqualified in Las Vegas
The FIA stewards in Las Vegas have disqualified both McLaren drivers, following post-race investigations into their cars.
During scrutineering, it was found that the measured plank thickness on both cars was less than the required nine millimetres as defined in the technical regulations.
A McLaren representative, as well as both drivers, were summoned before the stewards but, given the straightforward nature of the technical breach, there was little argument possible to sway the stewards away from the inevitable disqualification from the results.
Earlier this year, Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix as his Ferrari fell foul of the same technical regulation.
A competitive race around the Las Vegas Strip Circuit saw McLaren take second and fourth place with Norris and Piastri, respectively.
In the closing stages of the race, Norris went from attempting to close down Max Verstappen’s lead to falling completely off the pace to finish over 20 seconds behind the Dutch driver, with the British driver explaining afterwards that an issue had emerged; this was likely due to being marginal on fuel, thus requiring significant lift and coast.
With the scrutineers’ requirement for a one-litre fuel sample from cars that complete the race, it meant increased interest in the outcome of their findings.
But, while Norris did prove to have enough fuel to provide a sample, both he and Piastri were served summons on entirely different grounds of the technical regulations.
The disqualifications have a significant impact on the Drivers’ Championship with two race weekends remaining.
Norris’ points lead is still comfortable, but is down to 24 points over both Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri; the pair being tied on 366 points to Norris’ 390.
This story will be updated.
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