Verstappen seizes Monza pole from Norris
MONZA, Italy :Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Italian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday after snatching it from McLaren's Lando Norris with a last-gasp effort.
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Lando Norris qualifies on front row behind Max Verstappen at Italian Grand Prix
Lando Norris’ world championship aspirations were dealt a boost after he qualified second for the Italian Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen taking pole position.
Norris fastest in final Italian GP practice
MONZA, Italy: Lando Norris led Saturday’s final practice for the Italian Grand Prix while Charles Leclerc put Ferrari second with his final effort to deny McLaren the one-two, with championship leader Oscar Piastri third. Norris, 34 points behind Piastri after 15 of 24 rounds, lapped the ‘Pista Magica’ outside Milan with a best time of one minute 19.331 seconds. Leclerc, last year’s winner, was 0.021 slower with Australian Piastri, winner of seven races already this season, 0.165 off the pace. Red Bull’s four-times world champion Max Verstappen was fourth fastest. McLaren will be chasing their sixth win in a row in Sunday’s race at the ‘Temple of Speed’ and could also secure their eighth one-two of the campaign. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, who was fastest in Friday’s first practice, was seventh fastest on his first weekend at Monza in Ferrari colors. “Need some more juice.
Lando Norris fastest again for McLaren in Italian Grand Prix final practice
Lando Norris finished fastest again in final practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
Hamilton leads Ferrari one-two in first Monza practice
MONZA, Italy: Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc delighted the Ferrari fans with a surprise one-two in first practice for the Italian Formula One team’s home grand prix at Monza on Friday. Making his first appearance at Monza in Ferrari red, seven-times world champion and five-times Italian GP winner Hamilton lapped the super-fast ‘Pista Magica’ with a best time of one minute 20.117 seconds. Leclerc, last year’s winner, was 0.169 slower with former Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz — the man Hamilton replaced in January after moving from Mercedes — third for Williams but 0.533 off the pace. Hamilton has yet to stand on the podium for Ferrari and Friday’s opening session, held in bright sunshine at the ‘Temple of Motorsport’, was a boost after the team’s double blank in the Netherlands last weekend when both cars crashed. Hamilton will have a five-place grid penalty for Sunday, however, after it was carried over from Zandvoort. Red Bull’s four-times world champion Max Verstappen was fourth fastest ahead of Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes. McLaren’s title contender Lando Norris was sixth after a trip through the gravel, with championship-leading teammate Oscar Piastri sitting out the session while Irish Formula Two driver Alex Dunne took his place and ended up 16th. Alex Albon was seventh fastest for Williams with Mercedes’ George Russell — who lost power and pulled over toward the end — eighth and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso ninth with Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar completing the top 10. French rookie Hadjar, third last weekend for his first career podium in Formula One, triggered a red flag when he went off at the Ascari Chicane with 25 minutes to go and scattered gravel across the track. Alpine had Estonian
Stella looks forward to Norris showing fighting spirit
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands : McLaren team boss Andrea Stella expects Lando Norris to show his fighting spirit after the blow of retirement in Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.
First podium could be a glimpse of the future for Hadjar
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands :Isack Hadjar provided a likely glimpse of the future as the French rookie stepped up to the Formula One podium for the first time alongside Red Bull's four-times world champion Max Verstappen.
Oscar Piastri wins Dutch Grand Prix as Lando Norris hopes go up in smoke
Lando Norris suffered a dramatic late engine failure at the Dutch Grand Prix as McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri took a major step towards the title.