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Reuters
29 minutes ago
- Reuters
McLaren must also deal with disappointment amid runaway success
LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - McLaren boss Zak Brown is preparing to deal with disappointment at the end of the Formula One season, even as the team enjoy one of their most dominant years and a 200th grand prix win at the weekend. As the title battle between Oscar Piastri and teammate Lando Norris heats up, the McLaren pair separated by just nine points after Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, the American conceded he was thinking also about how to handle the aftermath. Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen, the McLaren drivers' closest rival, is now 97 points off the pace and told reporters at the weekend that he may not win again this year given his car's issues. Even before the weekend, both Piastri and Norris cast caution aside and called it a two-horse race. One of them will surely end the year celebrating a dream come true. The other will rue what might have been, with a new engine era next season shaking everything up again and chances potentially disappearing. Losing always hurts, doubly so when it is to a teammate with the same car, and Brown said McLaren would have to deal with the situation sensitively when -- although he still insisted on saying if -- the time came. "Eventually... we'll just sit down and actually have a conversation and go 'right, one of you is going to win and it's going to be the best day of your life. One of you is going to lose. How do you want us to handle that?'," he told a select group of reporters. "We'll actually sit down and go 'Right, you want us to jump up and down and celebrate? This guy won'. So we're fully aware and sensitive to 'how do you celebrate that situation?'." Australian Piastri has won six races to Norris's five but the Briton has momentum going into the August break, with three wins from his last four starts. The pair have had seven one-two finishes from 14 races, including the last four, and have left rivals trailing. McLaren are so far ahead in the constructors' standings -- 299 points over Ferrari -- that the crown is a given. Much has been made of the potential for a falling out between friends, for clashes on track given what is at stake, but Brown was sanguine and said the relationship was only growing stronger. When Norris ran into the back of Piastri as he challenged for the lead in Canada in June, the Briton defused the situation by immediately taking responsibility. Piastri locked up behind Norris in Hungary on Sunday, in what could have been a repeat of that Montreal accident, but no contact was made. Brown said there was no 'elephant in the room' at McLaren, with the drivers having complete transparency on strategy and how the team go about racing, and he expected more close calls in future. "There's competitiveness brewing... as the championship builds, I'm sure that tension will grow," said the boss. "We're fully anticipating them 'swapping paint' again at some point, I'm very confident it won't be deliberate, which is where you then get into the problems. "They will have racing incidents in their further time here at McLaren, we know that and they know that, so we're not afraid of that. "I'm positive they're never going to run each other off the track, and that's where you get into bad blood. So they're free to race... there are rules around our racing, which is respect your teammate, they know that."
Scottish Sun
an hour ago
- Scottish Sun
Hibs' Euro opponents Partizan caught up in bizarre drama as club DJ sacked after club accuse him of ‘sabotage'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) HIBS take on Partizan Belgrade in Conference League qualifiers this week, but their opponents have SACKED their DJ this week. The club released a statement to announce the news after supposed 'sabotage'. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Partizan fans were shocked to hear the anthem of their rivals last weekend Credit: Getty 2 David Gray's Hibs travel to Serbia to take on Partizan this week Credit: Andrew Barr They said: "At our stadium, about 30 minutes before the start of the match against Radnički 1923 from Kragujevac, an incident occurred, when inappropriate audio content was played over the loudspeaker. "We inform the public and our fans that due to this sabotage, after an internal investigation, we will terminate the contract and file a lawsuit against the responsible person who has been providing this service for many years." Partizan fans were shocked to hear the anthem of their fierce rivals Red Star blast around their home ground before their Serbian Superliga tie at the weekend. Partizan welcome Hibs to their ground on Thursday in the Europa Conference League qualifiers, where they will hope no further blips occur. Hibs were dumped out of the Europa League 3-2 on aggregate against Midtjylland. The Leith side took their opponents to extra-time over the two legs, and it took a last minute overhead kick to seal the win for the Danish club. They dropped to the Conference League qualifiers after the result, where they face a potential two more ties if they want any European football this season, despite finishing up in third last year. The Hibees would've entered the Europa League qualifiers at the play-off stage thanks to their league position, but Aberdeen's shock Scottish Cup win over Celtic cost Hibs that place. They face no easy task in Serbian side Partizan Belgrade, and their boss is calling for the fans to back the team. Partizan boss, Aleksandar Stanojević said 'Stressful and turbulent situations are just part of our story,' Legendary Mixu Paatelainen lifts lid on Jim McLean's brutal blast, infamous Walter Smith bust-up and his Hibs job regrets 'This is what it will be like until the end of the season, lots of ups and downs. 'Maybe that will be a good thing – because it will bring big crowds back to the stadium. I'd like to thank all the fans here for this game. 'And I want to invite all the fans to come to the Hibernian game. We want even more here on Thursday night. We need them to come along and show their support.' If the Hibees get through the Partizan tie, they will face either AEK Larnaca FC or Legia Warsaw in the play-off round. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Scottish Premiership: Hearts host Aberdeen in opening weekend's final game
Update: Date: 19:05 BST Title: LINE-UPS from Tynecastle Content: Hearts v Aberdeen (20:00 BST) Hearts: Clark, Borchgrevink, Kent, Halkett, Findlay, Milne, Devlin, McEntee, Spittal, Braga, Shankland. Substitutes: Fulton, Kingsley, Kabangu, Steinwender, Forrest, Wilson, Magnusson, Kartum, Kyziridis. Aberdeen: Mitov, Jensen, Milne, Knoester, Shinnie, Nilsen, Clarkson, Milanovic, Aouchiche, Keskinen, Yengi. Substitutes: Suman, Devlin, Polvara, Boyd, Palaversa, Sokler, Morris, Dorrington, Kjartansson. Update: Date: 19:00 BST Title: Monday night football Content: Hearts v Aberdeen (20:00 BST) Hello, good evening and welcome to Tynecastle. There's just one game left in the first round of Premiership fixtures for the new season and it's a belter. Derek McInnes' first league game in charge of Hearts against his old side Aberdeen. Kick-off is an hour away...
