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The Independent
06-07-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Everything I dreamed of – Lando Norris so emotional after British Grand Prix win
An emotional Lando Norris said he was in dreamland after winning the British Grand Prix for the first time. Norris followed in the footsteps of Sir Stirling Moss, James Hunt, Sir Jackie Stewart and Lewis Hamilton as he became the 12th British driver to triumph at his home race. The 25-year-old capitalised on Oscar Piastri's 10-second penalty at a wet Silverstone to take his fourth win of the season to reduce his rival's lead at the summit of the world standings from 15 points to eight. 'This victory is everything I dreamed of,' said Norris. 'Being on top at your home race is very, very special. 'From a British perspective, I join a long list of pretty incredible winners – most of them are Lewis (Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix a record nine times) – so to join him and continue the reign of the British at Silverstone is amazing. 'Looking up at the fans and seeing them on their feet, your mind just goes pretty blank. The main thing is just don't f*** it up. I was just trying to enjoy the moment. 'But these are moments that none of you guys get to witness. This is only something that I, and very few Brits have achieved. It is a selfish moment, in a way, but so special and incredible because it is such a rare thing to feel and witness. 'For me, it is my best win, maybe not the best way to win, but in terms of what it means to me, winning at home, it is very memorable. Apart from winning a championship, this is as good as it gets.' Norris was just eight when Hamilton won in the wet at Silverstone by more than a minute after a drive for the ages. Hamilton, 40, had to settle for fourth on Sunday after he came up just short in his bid to land a first podium in Ferrari colours. Norris continued: 'Silverstone is where it all started for me – watching Lewis, Jenson (Button), Fernando (Alonso) – and it was that wet race here in 2008 when I began watching Formula One. 'Lewis won and I got that picture of him going round and all the fans are standing up, creating an amazing atmosphere. I dreamed of that for many, many years and today I got to see that through my own eyes and live that moment.' Norris' voice broke as he celebrated his win over the radio. 'There were no tears,' insisted Norris with a smile. 'I tried. But when I get emotional I don't cry, I just smile and it is pure happiness. I wish I could cry because I think it looks better for the pictures!' Norris' championship appeared in tatters after he crashed into the back of Piastri in Montreal last month but he has responded with back-to-back wins for the first time in his career to breathe new life into his title charge. He concluded: 'I have had two good weekends, and of course I want to continue the momentum, but that requires consistency and I need to keep working hard.'
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The Landostand makes Silverstone glow as Lando Norris targets British Grand Prix victory
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia talks to the media at the Silverstone racetrack, ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain arrives at the Silverstone racetrack, ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain arrives at the Silverstone racetrack, ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia talks to the media at the Silverstone racetrack, ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain arrives at the Silverstone racetrack, ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Expectations are high for Lando Norris to deliver a breakthrough victory at his home British Grand Prix. Nowhere more so than in the Landostand. Fans in McLaren orange and the luminous yellow of Norris' helmet gathered for Formula 1 Friday practice at the new Landostand — actually a series of stands — around the outside of one of Silverstone's most famous corners, the sweeping, lightning fast Stowe. Advertisement Much like the banks of Dutch fans who support Max Verstappen at races around Europe, the dedicated stand is a sign of Norris' newfound status in F1 and the strength of his support as he battles teammate and standings leader Oscar Piastri. A sign of status Norris the driver has emerged as a genuine title contender over the last 12 months, and Norris the brand has grown too. Norris has spoken in the past about the effort he makes to block out distractions and criticism, but says the Landostand, where he's visiting fans throughout the weekend, is a 'positive distraction' ahead of Sunday's race. Advertisement Norris has yet to win at Silverstone in seven attempts in F1 — his best finish was second in 2023 — and said Thursday that he'd swap all his other victories, even his prized Monaco win in May, for first place at the British Grand Prix. 'It'll be the one that probably puts the biggest smile on my face, bigger than Monaco, and it's the one that since I was a kid and since I first started watching Formula 1 that I've wanted to win the most,' Norris said. Norris got the better of Piastri in a race-long battle for the win at last week's Austrian Grand Prix. He also won Piastri's home race at the Australian Grand Prix at the start of the year, but Piastri said he doesn't get any extra motivation to beat Norris in front of the British crowd. 'The crowd's always been actually quite nice to me, which has been nice, but I'm not really concerned about that. I'm more focused on trying to get another win on the board,' he said Thursday. Advertisement Hamilton's hopes More than ever, the F1 title race seems to be an all-McLaren affair. Max Verstappen of Red Bull is coming off a first-lap retirement in Austria last week and has been fending off questions about a potential move to Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton has a record nine victories at the British Grand Prix, but a 10th seems a long way off as he endures a difficult first season with Ferrari. He's yet to finish on the podium in a Grand Prix race this season. 'There's always magic here at Silverstone, and so I really have to hope for that,' Hamilton said Thursday. 'I'm hoping that weather, all sorts of things, can help us because we are obviously naturally not as quick as the McLarens and if it stays dry, then they will walk the race.' ___ AP auto racing:
Phone Arena
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- Phone Arena
The secret F1 camera built with iPhone parts that made the iPhone even better
Screen capture from Apple's F1: The Movie trailer (Image credit — Apple) Apple revealed that its upcoming film "F1: The Movie" utilized an exclusive camera system made from iPhone components to record racing footage. A custom camera device was developed to fulfill the specific recording needs of Formula 1 vehicles through its driver-view camera functionality. F1 driver-view camera systems are designed with live stream latency in mind, not optimal quality or post-production workflows. That's where Apple's engineers had to flex their creative muscles. The team developed a replacement broadcast unit with an aerodynamic design that matched standard broadcast unit dimensions and shapes to protect the vehicle's structural and aerodynamic properties. The module housed a camera sensor from an iPhone, a custom version of iOS, and an Apple A-series processor — likely the A17 Pro, given the production timeline. The camera captured footage in ProRES using LOG encoding, which is better suited for color grading in professional editing environments. According to a report by Wired, the module included: A 48 MP iPhone camera sensor sensor An A-series chip for image processing for image processing An iPhone battery for power for power An ND (neutral density) filter to manage exposure The absence of wireless controls meant that videographers relied on a USB-C connection and a custom iPad application to manage recording settings such as frame rate, white balance, and capture triggers. The iPhone 15 Pro Max camera system. | Image credit — PhoneArena The development work conducted for F1 racing has possibly affected the video functions within the iPhone 15 Pro. The new iPhone 15 Pro added LOG recording capabilities along with Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) support, which professionals use in mobile hardware integration into a customized module makes this instance unique because it was developed to function within a high-speed, high-vibration environment. Apple has not provided information about future plans for this camera system, though. And to think that all of this is happening while Apple TV+, where the movie has aired exclusively, is reportedly losing over $1 billion a year despite having 45 million subscribers, with limited viewership and costly content investments. In fact, Apple TV+ might be Apple's only unprofitable subscription service right now. While Apple's story with the F1 movie is a unique case of using a phone (or more like a phone's parts) to shoot a movie, other companies have done similar projects. For example, Samsung promoted the Galaxy S23 Ultra's camera prowess by getting none other than Sir Ridley Scott to film the movie "Behold." Here it is: Sony also did something of this sort for its movie "Kilian's Game," which was partially shot with the Xperia 1 III and Xperia PRO 5G: All of these examples tell me one thing — phone cameras have come much closer to professional-grade ones, especially when you throw in a few modifications and a person that knows what they are doing. While these stories are undoubtedly done with PR in mind, I can't help but feel inspired by them.
News.com.au
13-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Formula 1 2025: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on their intra-team fight, and Max Verstappen's vow amid race ban danger
Lando Norris has declared it is 'inevitable' he and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri will tangle on track in their battle for this year's world championship. As the title race heats up between the papaya pair, Norris said it was only a matter of time before the Formula 1 frontrunners clashed during a race. Norris sits 10 points behind Piastri in the championship standings after the Australian's last-start victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in a McLaren one-two. Piastri has won five of the opening nine races to the Brit's two as McLaren builds a two-pronged assault on the drivers' crown. Asked ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix whether an intra-team fight was inevitable as the title race progressed throughout the season, Norris said the team was prepared for the eventuality they would have a run-in at some stage this year. 'We never said we're going to avoid everything,' Norris said as per 'I think we've actually been quite open in saying at some point, something is probably going to happen. 'We just have to be ready for that. Both Oscar and myself know that we're competitive, we want to beat each other but the main thing is we stay strong together as a team. But everything is in the open, everything is obvious, everything is known between us. 'We both want to win, we both want to beat each other, but at the end of the day there can only be one person (who wins the title) and that will be whoever performs the best over the course of the year. 'I think Andrea (Stella, McLaren team principal) said it, it's not an 'if', it's a 'when' and we'll see when that time comes. But, of course, we'll try and avoid everything as much as possible, but it's inevitable that it happens in racing.' Norris, runner-up to Red Bull rival Max Verstappen in last year's championship, said Piastri had 'improved in most areas' from last season and was driving at an 'incredibly high level'. 'He's in his third season of F1, I remember in my third season you just come into the year a little bit more confident and with a bit more knowledge and just a more complete driver,' Norris said. 'That's what he's done and he's performing well, he's driving incredibly well and at a very high level and deserves everything he's been doing at the minute. It's a good fun rivalry between us.' On his title tussle with Norris, Piastri predicted the pair's battle would continue beyond this season and maintaining a healthy working relationship would be critical. 'Clearly there's competition and there's a 'want to beat each other on track' but we've said before, we don't want just one opportunity to try and win a world championship each,' Piastri said in Montreal. 'We want this to be the case for many years to come and the best way to protect that is by having a very strong team around both of us. We're aware that whatever happens in the championship this year, or how things go, is much bigger than just this season and potentially defines our whole career. 'We're very aware of that fact, of course we still want to beat each other and win a world championship but we know that there's a bigger picture as well.' PIASTRI PLAN Piastri is not treating his title charge this year as 'do or die' and doesn't plan to change his approach now he's sitting at the top of the standings nearing the halfway point of the campaign. The Aussie star has drawn widespread praise for his calm and cool demeanour on – and off – the track and the Melbourne-born racer said he had no reason to change things for the run home. 'I think for me I'm still going to race how I always race,' Piastri said as per 'There's not really much more to say, I guess I'll just try and race how I always do. I think I normally try to race quite smart and keep myself out of trouble. 'A good saying is that 'It's often better to still be in the race than prove that you were right in the situation', so I'll try and keep that. 'I think for me I'm not looking at it as my one chance. Obviously I don't know that, but I don't think there's any use in putting extra pressure on yourself and thinking it's do or die. 'I'm still very early in my career and it obviously is a great opportunity, but I'll just try and win as many races as I can and hopefully it makes the championship look quite good at the end.' VERSTAPPEN VOW Max Verstappen has vowed not to change his approach to racing despite the cloud of an F1 race ban hanging over him, declaring 'I trust myself'. The four-time world champion made headlines at the Spanish Grand Prix after his collision with Mercedes rival George Russell, which cost him a 10-second time penalty and dropped him from fifth to 10th in the final results. Verstappen was also given three penalty points on his super licence, taking him to 11 – just one shy of a race ban if he transgresses again in Canada or Austria. But the Red Bull star was adamant he would not change his driving style to ward off the risk of a race ban. 'No, nothing changed. Why should I?' Verstappen told the media in Montreal. 'It is what it is. I was on eight points before and now it's 11. I mean, I cannot just back out of everything. 'I'm just going to race like I always do. I trust myself.' Verstappen slipped to 49 points behind championship leader Piastri in the driver standings following the race in Barcelona. The Dutch champion added he 'didn't need to go into' the fairness of the precarious position that he found himself in. 'But at the same time, life is not fair. I don't worry about it,' Verstappen said. 'I just come here to race, and I will always race hard, how I think I should race. And then we go on to the next race.' Reflecting on the costly incident with Russell, Verstappen said he had 'It was not the right thing to do at the time,' Verstappen said. 'It was a misjudgment, clearly, in the corner, but you don't need to go into full detail of why, how and what. 'Everyone makes mistakes in life. Everyone learns from them and we just move on.' Russell said a race ban for Verstappen would not be 'unjust' if he triggered a suspension. 'If he gets to 12 points it (a ban) wouldn't be unjust,' Russell said as per 'At the end of the day, that's why the penalty points are there. If you keep driving recklessly you will accumulate points, and get punished with a race ban. You've got it in your own hands and it doesn't go without risk. 'He was trying to run me off the road. I don't think he was trying to intentionally crash into me. He wanted to just sort of scare me a bit, but he just misjudged it. Again, it wasn't going to scare me, it was just all a bit surprising. 'I'm not looking for an apology. His actions cost him and they benefited me, so I should be almost thanking him. 'Obviously I'd be feeling very differently if it took me out of the race. But it is good to see that he took accountability. I was a bit surprised about that.'
Washington Post
01-06-2025
- Automotive
- Washington Post
Track rage? Verstappen penalized for collision with Russell at Spanish GP
MONTMELO, Spain — Max Verstappen dealt his Formula 1 title defense a self-inflicted blow at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix when he collided with George Russell's Mercedes, in a move which Russell later said appeared to be 'deliberate.' Verstappen had been ordered by his Red Bull team to cede position to Russell — in hopes of avoiding a minor penalty — after he had driven beyond the track limits so he could defend his position late in the race. The Dutchman slowed to let Russell pass, but as Russell did so Verstappen's car collided with the side of the Silver Arrow. Race stewards ruled that the 'collision was undoubtedly caused by the actions' of Verstappen and slapped him with a 10-second penalty. That sent him tumbling down the race standings to 10th place, after he crossed the finish line fifth. 'It felt very deliberate, to be honest,' Russell told reporters. 'It is something I have … never (seen) before in a Formula 1 race. 'It is a bit of a shame because Max is clearly one of the best in the world, but maneuvers like that are totally unnecessary and let him down. And it is shame for the kids looking up and aspiring to be Formula One drivers.' Verstappen was unrepentant. 'Next time I will bring a tissue,' Verstappen replied when told about Russell's comment on him not being a good example for aspiring drivers. The four-time defending champion wouldn't go into what he thought happened, adding that Russell 'has his view, I have my view.' Other drivers commented on the incident. Lando Norris, who finished second behind McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, was taken back by the move when he watched it on a video monitor while cooling down. 'I've done that before ... on Mario Kart,' Norris quipped, comparing the collision to the popular video game of zany, action-packed racing. Verstappen was running third and looked to be in a strong position to at least challenge Norris for second place until Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes slid into the gravel and caused a safety car to come out. The McLarens went in quickly to get new, faster tires, but Verstappen had already made an extra pit stop and so didn't have any soft- or medium-compound tires left. So his team slapped on some hard-compound tires, which are slower and better for long runs, not the five laps remaining after the restart. Verstappen said he felt like a sitting duck and was quickly overtaken by Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari and then Russell. 'I think up until then it was looking quite good for us,' Verstappen said. 'We didn't have, of course, the pace of the McLarens, but with that three stop, it still looked quite racy out there, putting them at least a little bit on the pressure in a way that they had to push.' After taking just one point from the race, Verstappen was left 49 points adrift of Piastri in the overall standings. ___ AP auto racing:
