F1 needs better balance between business and sport, says Norris
BUDAPEST, July 25 : Formula One has been driven too much by business decisions and needs to remember it is a sport, according to McLaren's world champion Lando Norris.
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Norris takes Hungary pole as Mercedes domination ends
(Corrects last year's pole-sitter to runner-up in para 8)
Lando Norris back on pole for Mercedes at Hungarian Grand Prix
BUDAPEST: World champion Lando Norris of McLaren narrowly outpaced Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton to seize his first pole position of the year on Saturday with a flawless lap in the final seconds of qualifying for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Norris fastest in final Hungarian GP practice, Hamilton second
BUDAPEST, July 25 : McLaren's reigning world champion Lando Norris was fastest in final practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday.
F1 needs better balance between business and sport, says Norris
BUDAPEST: Formula One has been driven too much by business decisions and needs to remember it is a sport, according to McLaren’s world champion Lando Norris. With drivers chafing at new regulations that have cramped their speed, particularly at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, the Briton told reporters ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian round that Formula One could do better. “It’s a business,” said the Briton. “Everyone wants to make money, so in order for Audi and other teams to come in we had to change these things. It’s a shame. It should never have been like that. But that’s how businesses work.” Audi have entered the sport this season after taking over Swiss-based Sauber, with the German carmaker encouraged by new rules that have increased the electrical element of the power unit to near-parity with the internal combustion engine. The rules have been tweaked for 2027 to reduce the electrical contribution. “Formula One will always be great,” said Norris, whose car has a Mercedes engine. “It can just be better. “Us as drivers just know it better than everyone else. The thing that’s a shame is that Formula One is too heavily led by the fact it’s a business nowadays and not how can you make the sport the best possible? It’s ‘how can you just make the most money as a business?’. “And that’s just not what it should simply be. That’s not how a sport should be run. The fact we have hybrids, 50-50 and all that, that’s just because more teams wanted to come in it and because you make more money.”
Record man Hamilton leads Ferrari one-two in Hungary practice
BUDAPEST, July 24 : Lewis Hamilton led Charles Leclerc in a Ferrari one-two at the top of the Hungarian Grand Prix practice timesheets on Friday.
Leclerc fastest in first Hungary practice
BUDAPEST, July 24 : Ferrari's Charles Leclerc set the pace in first practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday with a best time nearly half a second quicker than anyone else.
F1 leader Antonelli celebrates dad's birthday with Spa pole
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, July 18 : Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli celebrated his father's birthday by taking pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen alongside on the front row and Mercedes teammate and title rival George Russell right behind.