Best Sleeper Sedans: Speak Softly and Carry Big Power
Derived from the already luxurious and capable A8, Audi's Q-ship pairs the A8's opulence with hair-raising performance without a lot of aesthetic fanfare.
Introduced in 1992, the original S8's profile was significantly raised when it was prominently featured in one of the stunning car chases in the film Ronin, but today's machine is on an entirely different level (even without a nitrous system).
Under the hood of the fourth-generation S8 is a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 that sends 563 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque to all four wheels. Matched up with all-wheel steering and a sharpened chassis that can be outfitted with a sophisticated predictive air suspension system, the S8 can reach 60 mph from a standstill in just 3.7 seconds on its way to a 12.2-second quarter-mile time. Stopping power is equally impressive: Despite its size, the S8 takes just 105 feet to come to a halt from 60 mph.
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Hopefully I will be back – Lewis Hamilton dejected after Hungaroring nightmare
A dejected Lewis Hamilton said he will 'hopefully' return for Formula One's next race – after he cryptically claimed 'there is a lot going on in the background that is not great' following the Hungarian Grand Prix. A day after Hamilton described himself as 'absolutely useless', and called on his own Ferrari team to replace him, the seven-time world champion started 12th and finished in the same position at the Hungaroring, a lap behind winner Lando Norris. Charles Leclerc was fourth in the other Ferrari. Fronting up to TV cameras after the conclusion of the 14th race of his Ferrari career which has so far failed to live up to its pre-season hype, Hamilton was asked to reflect on his post-qualifying comments. 'When you have a feeling, you have a feeling,' he told Sky Sports. 'There is a lot going on in the background that is not great.' Asked if he had fallen out of love with racing, Hamilton replied: 'No, I still love the team.' Hamilton then headed for his session with the print media. Quizzed on how he felt a day on from being eliminated in Q2 – a performance made all the more harrowing after Leclerc took pole position, he replied: 'Same.' Put to him that his remarks suggesting that Ferrari 'need a new driver' would worry his fans, the British driver again replied: 'Same.' Asked if he had anything else to say other than 'the same', Hamilton said: 'I have got nothing else to say.' The sport now breaks for three weeks for its mid-season shutdown. The next race takes place in the Netherlands on August 31. 'Very much so,' said Hamilton, who was then asked if he was looking forward to the summer break. Quizzed as to whether he will definitely be driving at the next round in Zandvoort, Hamilton replied: 'I look forward to coming back… Hopefully I will be back, yeah.' Hamilton has won a record eight times at the Hungaroring but this has been an alarming weekend for the 40-year-old. Hamilton stood largely on his own for the drivers' parade, which takes place before every race, and was later accompanied by Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli. By the end of the first lap, he dropped behind Carlos Sainz and Antonelli and was 14th. At the end of the eighth lap, he was 20 seconds behind Leclerc, then leading, in the other Ferrari, and at the end of lap 14 he trailed his team-mate by half a minute. When he left the pits on lap 43 for his sole change of tyres, Hamilton was a lap down on the leaders. Hamilton fought back past Alpine's Pierre Gasly and then Sainz to cross the line in 12th. However, he is 42 points behind Leclerc, has been out-qualified by his team-mate at 10 of the 14 rounds, beaten him in only two races, at Imola and Silverstone, and is still awaiting his first podium in Ferrari colours. But Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, who oversaw six of Hamilton's record-equalling seven titles, said: 'Lewis is wearing his heart on his sleeve. 'It was very raw what he said. He was hard on himself. We have seen it before when he felt he had not met his own expectations. He's been that emotionally transparent since he was a young adult. 'But he is the GOAT. He will always be the GOAT. And nobody is going to take it away for any single weekends or a race season that hasn't gone to plan. That is something he always needs to remember – that he is the greatest of all time.' Hamilton's Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur added: 'I don't need to motivate him (Hamilton). He is frustrated but not demotivated, that is a different story. I can perfectly understand the situation.'
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Red Bull reveals cause of Hungarian GP meltdown
Ninth place for Max Verstappen from eighth on the grid, and a lapped 18th for Yuki Tsunoda from a pitlane start, represented a crushing underperformance in Hungary for a team with Red Bull Racing's bulging trophy cabinet. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko highlighted strategy as one of the elements that failed to work out for the team, but said fifth or sixth would still have been the best Verstappen could have expected in the Hungarian Grand Prix. 'One stop would have been better because the overtaking was really difficult,' he told reporters after the race. 'So maybe sixth or fifth, but the speed... it's just funny, two or three laps, he was doing the same laps as the leaders – but we believe we know what went wrong. "On the first stop the tyres were gone, and the second stop we thought we could overtake – but as we saw for a couple of laps, yes, the speed was there, but then it was over." Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Max started eighth, lost a place to Liam Lawson on the opening lap, quickly regained it and then passed Lance Stroll for seventh with an opportunist move at Turn 6 on the third lap. But he was then stuck in the DRS train behind Gabriel Bortoleto's Sauber and Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin. During the race, Verstappen fulminated about the timing of his first stop at the end of lap 17, which put him out into traffic – but this was fundamentally because the queue that had formed behind Alonso, stretching all the way to Tsunoda in P19, began to splinter when Alonso stepped up his pace by around a second per lap. Some teams broke early for two-stop strategies, but the majority directed their drivers to extend their first stints with a view to stopping just once. Verstappen therefore became enmired behind drivers who were managing their pace on a track where it is historically challenging to overtake. Crucially, he was behind the other Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg, who had stopped early to get rid of the soft tyres on which he'd started. It took four laps to get by Hulkenberg – with another determined move into Turn 6 – then another two to pass Pierre Gasly's Alpine. Verstappen also spent five laps harrying Lewis Hamilton for 11th place, finally forcing his way past at Turn 4 with a move that earned him a referral to the stewards. By that point Verstappen had long since used up his new-tyre advantage, although he passed Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar for a net ninth place just before Hadjar broke for the pits. Max stopped again for more hard-compound Pirellis at the end of lap 48 and he emerged behind Lawson again – but this time he was unable to make a pass stick and crossed the finishing line ninth on the road. 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Photos from Hungarian GP - Race Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren Bryn Lennon / Formula 1 via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari with his dog Leo Arpad Kurucz / Anadolu via Getty Images Traditional costume in the Paddock prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary. Simon Galloway / LAT Images via Getty Images Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images via Getty Images Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls Team Sam Bagnall / Sutton Images via Getty Images Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images via Getty Images Fans at the last corner Andreas Beil Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls Team Sam Bagnall / Sutton Images via Getty Images Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Alastair Staley / LAT Images via Getty Images Fans at Turn 12 Andreas Beil Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images via Getty Images Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images via Getty Images Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Sam Bagnall / Sutton Images via Getty Images Fans Andreas Beil Lando Norris, McLaren Alastair Staley / LAT Images via Getty Images Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Jayce Illman / Getty Images Axl Rose visits the Aston Martin F1 Team garage. Zak Mauger / LAT Images via Getty Images Oscar Piastri, McLaren Bryn Lennon / Formula 1 via Getty Images Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing Zak Mauger / LAT Images via Getty Images Helmut Marko, Red Bull Racing Mark Thompson / Getty Images Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari, Laurent Mekies, Red Bull Racing Team Principal Mark Thompson / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Alastair Staley / LAT Images via Getty Images Flavio Briatore, Executive Advisor of Alpine F1 and Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal of Haas F1 on the grid. Sam Bagnall / Sutton Images via Getty Images Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber, Bernie Ecclestone Mark Thompson / Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Simon Galloway / LAT Images via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari leads at the start Mark Thompson / Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing James Sutton / Formula 1 / Formula Motorsport Ltd via Getty Images Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Clive Rose / Formula 1 via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Malcolm Griffiths / Formula 1 via Getty Images George Russell, Mercedes James Sutton / Formula 1 / Formula Motorsport Ltd via Getty Images Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Franco Colapinto, Alpine Zak Mauger / LAT Images via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Clive Rose / Formula 1 via Getty Images Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls Team James Sutton / Formula 1 / Formula Motorsport Ltd via Getty Images Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Team Zak Mauger / LAT Images via Getty Images Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Pierre Gasly, Alpine Zak Mauger / LAT Images via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Malcolm Griffiths / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Rudy Carezzevoli / Getty Images Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing Guido De Bortoli Pierre Gasly, Alpine Alastair Staley / LAT Images via Getty Images Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing, Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber Joe Portlock / LAT Images via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Mark Thompson / Getty Images Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing James Sutton / Formula 1 / Formula Motorsport Ltd via Getty Images Oscar Piastri, McLaren Rudy Carezzevoli / Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Mark Thompson / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Malcolm Griffiths / Formula 1 via Getty Images Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes Rudy Carezzevoli / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Malcolm Griffiths / Formula 1 via Getty Images Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Pierre Gasly, Alpine Alastair Staley / LAT Images via Getty Images Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber James Sutton / Formula 1 / Formula Motorsport Ltd via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren Malcolm Griffiths / Formula 1 via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Mark Thompson / Getty Images George Russell, Mercedes, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing Clive Rose / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren Joe Portlock / LAT Images via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Clive Rose / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Mark Thompson / Getty Images George Russell, Mercedes Attila Kisbenedek / AFP via Getty Images Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari Clive Rose / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Alastair Staley / LAT Images via Getty Images Zak Brown, McLaren Sam Bagnall / Sutton Images via Getty Images Oscar Piastri, McLaren Kym Illman / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Mark Sutton / Formula 1 via Getty Images Oscar Piastri, McLaren Mark Sutton / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren with his girlfriend Margarida Corceiro Mark Sutton / Formula 1 via Getty Images Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Jayce Illman / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Clive Rose / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren Guido De Bortoli Lando Norris, McLaren Kym Illman / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren, George Russell, Mercedes Clive Rose / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Simon Galloway / LAT Images via Getty Images George Russell, Mercedes Clive Rose / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren Guido De Bortoli George Russell, Mercedes Bryn Lennon / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Mark Thompson / Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren Bryn Lennon / Formula 1 via Getty Images Lando Norris, McLaren Sam Bagnall / Sutton Images via Getty Images To read more articles visit our website.
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Despondent Hamilton and Ferrari crash back to earth
Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari crashed back to earth on Sunday when 24 hours after Charles Leclerc claimed the team's first pole of 2025 they left Hungary frustrated and dejected. Seven-time world champion Hamilton, who on Saturday said he was "completely useless" to the team and ready to be replaced, wound up 12th while Leclerc dropped from race leader to a grumbling fourth. Hamilton, backed beforehand by team boss Fred Vasseur, was in a bleak mood suggesting that he remained trapped by a crisis of confidence that has turned his spectacular marquee signing for Ferrari into a nightmare. "When you have a feeling, you have a feeling," he said enigmatically, responding to a question about his comment suggesting that he was no longer good enough for Ferrari and should be replaced. He added: "There's a lot going on in the background that isn't great." Asked if he still loved racing, he replied to say he did, but with little conviction. Leclerc appeared to be little happier after he had failed to convert pole into victory for the 15th time in 16 attempts during the last three years. His one success came in last year's Monaco Grand Prix, his home event. "We lost a podium, so I am very disappointed," said Leclerc, having warned the team during the race that they had bungled his car's set-up in some unspecified way. "But I spoke too quickly because being out of the car, I had a bit more detail about what went on," he added later. "I thought it was about something else that we had discussed, but unfortunately it was on the chassis. "There was an issue on that side and we will look into it for it not to happen again. It doesn't really make me feel any better because when you're fighting for a win, and then you have these kind of issues, it never happens. "We need to look into it to make sure it never happens again because the car was just undriveable. "It was around lap 40 because as soon as I started to struggle and to complain, it was basically when we started to have the issue and it got worse and worse. "It's very frustrating to have everything under control, to know that the pace is in the car to win, and then you end up being nowhere. We lost a podium.' Hamilton, 40, winner of a record eight Hungarian Grands Prix and a record nine poles at the circuit, finished where he started and with his worst result at the circuit, inevitably sparking talk of his possible retirement. But as he headed off towards a summer break, he could look at the joy in the Aston Martin garage where, despite a back muscle injury, his one-time McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso had finished a season's best fifth, aged 44. str/nr
