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Reuters
29 minutes ago
- Reuters
Piastri confident he can win after 'bizarre' Hungarian qualifying
BUDAPEST, Aug 2 (Reuters) - McLaren's Formula One leader Oscar Piastri was confident he could win from second place on the starting grid after a 'bizarre and somewhat frustrating' Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The Australian will line up alongside Ferrari's pole-sitter Charles Leclerc at the Hungaroring on Sunday with title rival and teammate Lando Norris in third place. "Pretty confident," Piastri, 16 points clear of Norris, said of his chances of taking a seventh win from 14 races. "It was good last year, so hopefully it can be good again this year." Piastri started second last year, with Norris on pole, and went on to take the first win of his F1 career. Sunday's race could see some rain, which could make things tricky on a twisty circuit where overtaking is already difficult and strategy can be crucial. McLaren were fastest in all three practice sessions but Leclerc made the most of the conditions to seize a surprise advantage. "If you're sat where Charles is, fantastic. If you're sat where I'm sat, bizarre and somewhat frustrating," he said when asked to sum up the session. "I think the conditions completely changed, and it was just weird. "I think our pace has been good, but Charles has been quick all weekend, in certain sessions," added the Australian. "It is a very difficult track to overtake on, and it's not going to be the easiest place to try and regain the lead." Norris, winner of four races so far this campaign, agreed with his teammate. "I think we always have, at least in the race, a bit more of an advantage. But our main competitor over the last four, five races has been Charles and it's been the Ferrari," said the Briton. "So, if there was anyone else that's going to be on pole today, it was going to be Charles. And if there's anyone that's going to make our life tough tomorrow, it's going to be the same guy."
BBC News
29 minutes ago
- BBC News
I'm just useless, says Hamilton after team-mate's pole
Hungarian Grand PrixVenue: Hungaroring Dates: 1-3 August Race start: 14:00 BST on SundayCoverage: Live commentary of practice and qualifying on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 with race on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text updates on BBC Sport website and app Lewis Hamilton said he was "just useless" after qualifying 12th for the Hungarian Grand Prix while his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc took pole failed to progress beyond the second qualifying session after struggling for pace compared to Leclerc all took Ferrari's first grand prix pole position of the year, although Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race from pole at the second event of the season.A downcast Hamilton said: "I drove terribly. It is what it is."He added: "I'm just useless," and said his lack of pace was "nothing to do with the car".In Hungary, Hamilton was 0.247secs slower than Leclerc in the second part of qualifying, in which he was knocked out and the Monegasque was sixth is 12-5 down to Leclerc on their qualifying head-to-head this year, at an average pace difference of 0.146 form on Saturdays in 2025 continues the struggles in qualifying Hamilton had against George Russell in his final year at Mercedes last so, his result in Hungary bucks a trend in which he has generally been much closer to Leclerc since the seventh race of the last weekend, in which he was knocked out in the first session in qualifying for both the sprint and the grand prix after making mistakes, had been an exception to that clearly frustrated by his own performance, Hamilton congratulated Leclerc on his pole."It's amazing for the team that the car is capable of being on pole," the seven-time champion said, "so big congrats to Charles."Leclerc came into the weekend talking about how he had never gelled with the Hungaroring during his career, but he ends Saturday with arguably the most surprising and unexpected pole position of the had been third fastest behind the McLarens in all three practice sessions, but the world champions appeared out of a change in wind direction between the second and final parts of qualifying threw McLaren off their game and opened the door for Leclerc, who beat championship leader Oscar Piastri to pole with Lando Norris said he "didn't understand" because the car felt bad throughout qualifying. But he and the McLaren drivers put the shift in competitiveness down to a change in weather conditions, when not only did the wind change direction by 180 degrees, but the strength of the wind, the temperature and humidity level all changed."In Q3, the conditions changed for everybody," Leclerc said. "I basically just did a clean lap, which was a really good lap because those conditions were really difficult to get everything right, and I was really happy about the lap."It is probably the most surprising pole position I have ever done, so I'm very happy."Leclerc said that revisions to the car at the last race in Belgium had helped his confidence when pushing to the limit over one qualifying introduced a new rear suspension which in addition to being aimed at allowing them to run the car lower without risking damaging the floor to the extent that car failed its post-race legality tests was also intended to improve driveability when combined with a new floor introduced three races ago in said: "The upgrade in Spa definitely helped me to extract a little bit more."Before Spa, I had to set up the car in a very, very extreme way early on in the season to try and extract something out of this car in qualifying."It was making the car very, very unpredictable and very difficult whenever you go for the 0.1-0.15secs in Q3. It was extremely difficult to get it right. And if you just overstepped a little bit the limits of that previous car, then you will pay the price a lot."Whereas with this car, you can play a little bit more with the limits, and if you go over the limits a little bit, you just don't lose as much. So the car is more predictable, which is a good thing." Can Leclerc beat the McLarens to win? Beating the McLarens to pole position is one thing, winning the race is another, as McLaren's race pace has been the team's strongest suit this said: "There is some rain around and if it's wet it's easier to overtake but it is always better to be starting first, especially on this track."Piastri, who heads into the race 16 points ahead of Norris in the championship, described the result of qualifying as "bizarre and somewhat frustrating".But he said he was "pretty confident" he could win from second on the grid, as he did last year, when Norris was on pole."Our pace has been good," Piastri said. "But Charles has been quick all weekend in certain sessions. So it is a very difficult track to overtake on. And yeah, it's not going to be the easiest place to try and regain the lead."Norris said: "There could be some rain, which normally makes things more interesting. But we always have, at least in the race, a bit more of an advantage."But our main competitor over the last four or five races has been Charles, and it's been the Ferrari. So if there was anyone else going to be on pole today, it was going to be Charles. And if there's anyone that's going to make our life tough tomorrow, it's going to be the same guy."So, yeah, we'll see. It's a long race. Things can happen and hopefully the rain can be on our side, maybe."
Telegraph
31 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Republicans tell Trump to ‘grow up' after he sacks data chief
Republicans have told Donald Trump to 'grow up' after he sacked the US government's top statistician over underwhelming jobs numbers. The president said on Friday he would remove Erika McEntarfer as commissioner of the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) shortly after government figures indicated the economy was performing worse than expected. The move has prompted a rare backlash against Mr Trump from members of his own party. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican senator for Wyoming, told NBC News that deciding to sack Ms McEntarfer before establishing the accuracy of the employment figures was 'kind of impetuous'. 'If the president is firing the statistician because he doesn't like the numbers but they are accurate, then that's a problem,' she continued. 'It's not the statistician's fault if the numbers are accurate and that they're not what the president had hoped for.' Thom Tillis, who represents North Carolina, said: 'If she was just fired because the president or whoever decided to fire the director just did it because they didn't like the numbers, they ought to grow up'. In the past, Mr Trump has taken an uncompromising attitude to critics in his own party, publicly threatening to back primary challenges to replace them with loyalists. Mr Tillis said in June that he would not run for re-election. Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator and former presidential primary contender, raised concerns about the politicisation of government data. 'We have to look somewhere for objective statistics. When the people providing the statistics are fired, it makes it much harder to make judgments that you know, the statistics won't be politicised,' he said. 'I'm going to look into it, but [my] first impression is that you can't really make the numbers different or better by firing the people doing the counting.' Democrats have also condemned the president's move. Chuck Schumer, the party's leader in the Senate, criticised Mr Trump's 'shoot the messenger' response in a speech on Friday. Mr Trump has long been suspicious of the BLS, claiming last year that it inflated the jobs numbers during former president Joe Biden's administration in an attempt to swing the election for the Democrats. He announced via social media on Friday that he was sacking Ms McEntarfer, labelling her a 'Biden political appointee' even though she is a career civil servant and was confirmed by a bipartisan vote in January 2024. Among those who voted to confirm her were former senators JD Vance, now the US vice-president, and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state. Some Republicans have backed the president's move, including Roger Marshall, a Kansas senator, who was one of the 85 senators who confirmed her last year. 'Her cooked-up numbers have misled the American people for too long,' he claimed. The US created just 73,000 new jobs in July, considerably fewer than the predicted 110,000, while the figures for May and June were slashed by 258,000 combined, according to the BLS report released on Friday. Mr Trump hit out at the bureau as stock markets tumbled, branding the figures revision a 'major mistake' and adding: 'Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can't be manipulated for political purposes.' Ms McEntarfer would be replaced with 'someone much more competent and qualified', he said, insisting the economy was 'BOOMING'. For now, BLS deputy commissioner William Wiatrowski is serving as acting commissioner.
