The odds seemed to be stacked against Lando Norris on Sunday as Oscar Piastri hunted him down at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, trying to overcome different McLaren strategies and a 12-second gap after his Australian teammate made a second pit stop. Norris opted for a Hail Mary one-stop strategy when race engineer Will Joseph floated the idea mid-race. As …
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Lando Norris holds off Oscar Piastri in thrilling battle to win Hungarian Grand Prix
Lando Norris has won the Hungarian Grand Prix after holding off a thrilling late-race challenge for the lead from McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri, the Briton having made an alternative strategy work in his favour to take victory. Polesitter Charles Leclerc had made a strong start to hold P1 when the race got underway, allowing the Ferrari driver to build …
Read More »McLaren completes practice clean sweep as Oscar Piastri heads Lando Norris
McLaren completed a clean-sweep of fastest times in Free Practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Oscar Piastri heading team mate Lando Norris in Saturday’s third and final session. Piastri, who leads the Drivers’ Championship by 16 points, posted a 1m 14.916s on Pirelli’s soft tyre, which left him just 0.032s ahead of Norris, the Briton having topped both one-hour …
Read More »Charles Leclerc edges out Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris for shock pole position in Hungary
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. …
Read More »Oscar Piastri tops the timesheets ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc in busy Hungary final practice
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 …
Read More »Oscar Piastri 0.032s over Lando Norris in FP3
Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris to the top spot in the Hungarian Grand Prix’s final practice session, as McLaren delivered a devastating blow to the Formula 1 field in the prelude to qualifying. With 15 minutes left on the clock in the session, Piastri had taken new softs and embarked on a second soft-tyre run of the session; the Australian …
Read More »Lando Norris leads Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc during first practice in Hungary
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 …
Read More »Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth in New Photos for ‘Frankenstein’
Netflix has shared more images from Guillermo del Toro‘s hotly anticipated Frankenstein. The film is based on Mary Shelley’s classic tale of a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. New photos released Tuesday show Jacob Elordi in character …
Read More »Oscar Piastri wins wet-dry Belgian GP at Spa after late pressure from McLaren team mate title rival Lando Norris
Oscar Piastri claimed victory in the Belgian Grand Prix, holding off McLaren team mate and title rival Lando Norris in a wet-dry affair at Spa-Francorchamps to extend his Drivers’ Championship lead to 16 points. Heavy rain ahead of the 44-lap race delayed proceedings by almost 80 minutes but once racing got underway on Lap 5, the crucial moment came immediately …
Read More »‘Starting second is not too bad!’ – Oscar Piastri reflects on ‘lively’ overtake after taking victory at Spa
Oscar Piastri was delighted to bounce back from losing out in Saturday’s Sprint to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, with the Australian proud of his “lively” Lap 1 overtake on team mate Lando Norris that saw him move into the lead. Piastri had lined up in P1 on the grid for the Sprint earlier in the weekend but …
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