Formula 1
Lando Norris survived a tense final few laps to win Formula One’s 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off Oscar Piastri and closing the gap on his McLaren teammate to just nine points in their championship battle.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was in first for much of the race but suffered a dramatic loss of performance in the final stages, ultimately taking him off the podium.
Leclerc led the first stint from pole, as Norris briefly dropped back to fifth, eventually getting stuck behind Mercedes driver George Russell in fourth.
This changed Norris’ race. He had to run longer after the first round of pit stops, which Piastri kicked off on lap 18 in a failed bid to overturn Leclerc’s early advantage. After Leclerc and Russell came in on the next lap, Norris then switched onto an audacious one-stop strategy.
