Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen was punished Friday for swearing in a news conference in which he argued against greater restrictions on drivers swearing.

Initially there were doubts about holding events in the evening, and on the streets of a city, but they faded quickly.

With Ferrari, Mercedes pushing hard, McLaren will still have to battle at a track where Red Bull is off the pace and Verstappen has never won.

The FIA intervenes following intense scrutiny of McLaren's controversial rear wing design, which rival teams claim breaches aerodynamic regulations.

McLaren is ahead of Red Bull in the Formula 1 constructors’ race. Now for Lando Norris to put pressure on Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title. Oscar Piastri’s win last week at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix put McLaren top in the teams’ standings — the key to F1’s lavish prize money — but teammate Norris only took a small bite out of Verstappen’s lead.

McLaren Racing heads into the Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1’s hot new darlings and the team that just may be the ones to finally dethrone Red Bull and Max Verstappen

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Formula One leaders McLaren will modify the rear wings on their cars after talks with the governing FIA at the Singapore Grand Prix following concern from rival teams. The British-based team went top of the standings in Azerbaijan last weekend but drew scrutiny of how the rear wing functioned at speed,

Oscar Piastri says he’s happy with the apparent flexible rear wing on his race-winning car but it’s not a “magic bullet” making McLaren the team to beat in Formula 1 ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix