Norris declaration 'dangerous' for Piastri
Lando Norris declared he 'felt like his old self' after taking pole for the Austrian Grand Prix, in which teammate Oscar Piastri could manage only third.
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Herald Sun
8 hours ago
- Herald Sun
Oscar Piastri slams Alpine, comes second at F1 2025 Austrian GP
Don't miss out on the headlines from F1. Followed categories will be added to My News. Australia's Oscar Piastri survived a frightening brush with disaster to retain his lead in the Formula One world championship after finishing runner-up behind his McLaren teammate Lando Norris at the Austrian Grand Prix. Piastri showed amazing control to avoid crashing his car at full speed on lap 55 when he was run off the Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg while lapping Alpine's Franco Colapinto, who was later penalised by the race stewards for his erratic driving. He was later blocked by Alpine's Pierre Gasly at turn one of lap 57. 'Alpine still manages to find a way to f*** me over all these years later,' Piastri quipped on the team radio. Piastri famously left Alpine for McLaren in 2022. Starting from third on the grid, Piastri improved one place after sweeping past the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc at the first corner but he was unable to get ahead of Norris and eventually had to settle for second place after having no luck with either pit stops or lapping the slower backmarkers. 'Intense, I hope it was good watching because it was pretty hard work from the car,' Piastri said. 'I tried my absolute best but could have done a better job when I just got ahead momentarily but it was a good battle, bit on the edge at times. 'Probably pushed the limit a bit far but it was a good race and that's what we were here to do, race each other and try and fight for wins. That's what we did. It was close for me but not quite enough.' Oscar Piastri finished second in Austria. Norris, who started from pole, defended his track position perfectly throughout the 70-lap race, making no repeat of his mistake from the last round in Canada, where he collided with his teammate, as he held on to register his third win in 11 rounds this season. In taking the chequered flag, the Englishman narrowed the gap to Piastri in the drivers' championship from 22 to 15 points heading into next weekend's British Grand Prix, the halfway point of the 24-race season. Barring a dramatic turnaround, the drivers' title is now looking like a straight battle between the two McLarens after Red Bull's Max Verstappen, currently third in the standings, was knocked out on the first lap in Austria when he was hit from behind by Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli, who incurred a three-grid penalty for his error. Verstappen has now fallen 61 points behind Piastri, while McLaren's lead in the constructors' championship has blown out to 207 points from Ferrari, which finished third and fourth with Leclerc holding off Lewis Hamilton to reach the podium for the fourth time this year. 'It's unlucky,' Verstappen said. 'It was not an ideal result. 'We try to do our best always, my mentality doesn't change, we've won a lot in the past and sometimes you have to accept that you're not winning and we just try and do the best we can.' Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli collided on the first lap With nine podiums from 11 races this season, Piastri has already demonstrated he has the speed, skill and consistency to contend for the greatest prize in motorsport but he can also consider himself unfortunate not to have added to his five wins this season. His hopes of claiming pole position were ruined when Colapinto's Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly spun during qualifying, forcing Piastri to abort his final flying lap on a fresh set of soft tyres and start from third. After making a clean getaway and overtaking Leclerc, Piastri had Norris under enormous pressure, and briefly got his nose in front, but dropped six seconds behind when he stayed out for an extra four laps during the first round of pit stops when McLaren switched from medium to harder compound tyres. 'Probably pushed the limit a bit far but it was a good race and that's what we were here to do, race each other and try and fight for wins. That's what we did today, it was close for me but not quite enough,' Piastri said. 'I felt like the pace this weekend has been good. Once I could stay in the DRS, it felt pretty good. Once I dropped out after the first stop, it was tough to make the progress to get back. Some things to go over to see if we could have done anything better.' McLaren finished first and second at the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg. Norris eventually crossed the finish line just 2.6 seconds ahead of Piastri and was relieved to get the job done after McLaren told both drivers they were free to race each other as long as they did not make contact. 'We had a great battle, that's for sure, it was a lot of fun and stress,' Norris said. 'A nice battle so well done to Oscar, hopefully it was a nice one for everyone to watch. 'Inside the car it was obviously tough especially in the DRS, it's so tough round here and it's hard to get him out of the gap but once I did I could manage things pretty well, but it was still quick so it was good fun.' Originally published as Oscar Piastri finishes second to Lando Norris as McLaren let drivers off the leash at Austrian Grand Prix
AU Financial Review
8 hours ago
- AU Financial Review
‘I probably pushed the boundaries a bit far': Piastri
Spielberg, Austria | It was the moment the great McLaren battle could have all gone disastrously wrong. Oscar Piastri moved to pass McLaren teammate Lando Norris but locked his wheels and veered perilously close to his championship rival. The Australian regained control to eventually finish immediately behind the British driver in an enthralling Austrian Grand Prix that tightened up the race to the world title. AAP
Sydney Morning Herald
8 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Piastri avoids disaster in Austria
Aussie driver Oscar Piastri narrowly avoided crashing out of the Austrian Grand Prix before finishing second to teammate Lando Norris.
