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Lando Norris put McLaren at the top of the timesheets during Friday’s second practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, leading the way from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Williams’ Carlos Sainz – while home driver Kimi Antonelli spun out early on. After Lewis Hamilton led a Ferrari 1-2 in first practice, to the delight of the passionate Tifosi packing Monza’s …

Charles Leclerc conceded the opening day of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend was “probably the worst Friday of the season” after ending up almost a second shy of the pace. After taking a surprise pole position last time out in Hungary, Leclerc struggled for pace at Zandvoort, setting the eighth fastest time in Free Practice 2 for Ferrari as he …

Charles Leclerc admitted that he “did not expect” to claim pole position during Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the Ferrari driver revealing that trying to manage the changing conditions made it an “extremely difficult” session. While the McLaren pair of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris looked to have a clear edge during the earlier stages, the wind and …

In a magnificent end to Qualifying at the Hungaroring, Charles Leclerc claimed his first pole position of the 2025 season for Ferrari, beating both in-form McLaren drivers. It was a thrilling session with plenty of intriguing results, as Gabriel Bortoleto firmly took his spot in the top 10 while Lewis Hamilton exited in Q2. Here are all of the facts …

Q2 – Norris goes quickest, Hamilton and Antonelli out In the break between Q1 and Q2, which featured an extra couple of minutes to allow marshals to clear loose gravel at Turn 12, the clouds appeared to grow darker and, by the time the green light switched on at the end of the pit lane, spots of rain had arrived. …

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took a sensational, surprise pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Leclerc, nowhere near the McLaren’s pace until the final part of qualifying, pipped Piastri by just 0.026 seconds. Norris, 16 points adrift in the championship, was 0.015secs behind his team-mate. Mercedes’ George Russell was fourth, ahead …

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Charles Leclerc took a shock pole position for Ferrari at the Hungarian Grand Prix ahead McLaren’s championship rivals Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in second and third. Leclerc hooked up a 1:15.372 to beat championship leader Piastri to the fastest third and final qualifying session time by 0.026 seconds, with Norris a further 0.015 seconds adrift in …

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri set the pace in the final practice hour for the Hungarian Grand Prix, narrowly heading his team mate Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. As teams shifted their focus to honing set-ups ahead of Qualifying this afternoon, the McLaren duo were two of the first to head out onto the track, hoping to reinforce their hold …

Lando Norris has topped the timesheets during the opening practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix, the McLaren man leading the way from team mate Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. In the hours prior to the session getting underway, Aston Martin had announced that Fernando Alonso would miss FP1 due to a muscular injury in his back, meaning that …

Charles Leclerc was all smiles ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix following confirmation from Ferrari that Fred Vasseur will continue to lead the famous Italian team for the foreseeable future. Vasseur took on the job in the build-up to the 2023 season – as the replacement for Mattia Binotto – and guided Ferrari to second in last year’s Teams’ Championship, …