Lando Norris was left to come to terms with a pivotal retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix, claiming it was “out of my control” as he now trails McLaren team mate and title rival Oscar Piastri by a substantial margin. Having quickly moved back ahead of Max Verstappen after losing second position on the opening lap, Norris shadowed Piastri for …
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Saturday brought another thrilling battle between McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, while Isack Hadjar starred for Racing Bulls and Lance Stroll hit trouble in his Aston Martin. Here are all of the facts and stats you need to know about from Qualifying in the Netherlands… Mclaren’s 69th front row lock-out surpasses Ferrari for second on the all-time list …
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Fernando Alonso has claimed that it is not “within our reach to fight with the McLarens” for pole at the Dutch Grand Prix, despite finishing second fastest in Friday practice. The Spaniard was just 0.087s behind pacesetter Lando Norris in Free Practice 2 at Zandvoort having also claimed the fourth fastest time in the day’s earlier one-hour session. The performance …
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Lando Norris set the pace again in Free Practice 2 for the Dutch Grand Prix, with the session interrupted by two red flags. The McLaren driver, who trails team mate Oscar Piastri by nine points in the Drivers’ Championship, completed a clean sweep of fastest times on Friday while the session ended early for Lance Stroll and Alex Albon after …
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It is a long-standing matter of humour in the Formula 1 paddock that the “possible race strategies” infographic Pirelli circulates on Sunday mornings often bears no relationship at all to the way the race pans out. So it proved at the Hungaroring as Lando Norris ended up being effectively forced onto an u favourable one-stop strategy after a poor start, …
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Charles Leclerc stunned everyone, including himself, in Saturday’s qualifying session when he took pole position ahead of the McLarens who have set the pace all weekend. Leclerc, who took Ferrari’s first pole position of the season, said he doesn’t “understand anything anymore about the sport.” But it was bittersweet for Ferrari as his teammate Lewis Hamilton starts 12th on the …
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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 …
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