Norris cuts Piastri's lead with one-two win in Austria
The Briton's third victory of the season cut Australian Piastri's Formula One lead from 22 to 15 points after 11 of 24 rounds, with the two McLaren drivers locked in an increasingly private title battle.
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Hindustan Times
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- Hindustan Times
Padraig Harrington wins second U.S. Senior Open in four years
Ireland's Padraig Harrington parlayed four front-nine birdies Sunday into steady back-nine play that resulted in a one-shot victory at the U.S. Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo. HT Image Harrington fired a 3-under-par 67 to assure a single-stroke victory at 11-under 269 over runner-up Stewart Cink. "It was entertaining, wasn't it?" Harrington asked rhetorically after the victory. It was his first win on the PGA Tour Champions in 2025 after previously tying for second at the Senior PGA Championship in May. The win was Harrington's second in four years at this event, however, after previously winning in 2022. He credited his comfort level on the course with helping him prevail late. "Here I'm comfortable," Harrington said. "Look, here I'm not thinking I'm going to miss the cut. Touch wood that doesn't happen. I'm not thinking about that. If you brought me to a regular event Thursday afternoon I would be thinking about the cut line. "Whereas here I'm thinking how do I get myself into position. And even the first couple of days I got going and I could have got away from the field. I dropped back a couple . I was still going. All I want to be is with nine holes to go to give myself a chance and be in the right headspace at that time." Cink, who came into the day tied atop the leaderboard with Harrington and Australian Mark Hensby, led through eight holes on the strength of four straight birdies over Nos. 2-5. But Harrington's birdie on the par-5, 530-yard ninth pulled him back into a tie. Harrington had a bogey at No. 10, a birdie at No. 11, and then made par on every hole the rest of the way. Cink, in contrast, had two bad holes the 11th and 15th and just one birdie to compensate , leaving him a shot shy of what he needed to force a playoff. He cited two missed putt opportunities on the 16th and 17th as being the difference. "Those are two putts where the break on the green is going against that mountain," Cink said. "There's not a lot on this course that goes against that mountain. You have to decide which one's going to win out. You can feel it in your feet and you can see where the mountain is and you know where the valley is. It's just really, really hard to commit. "That typifies what you get here, and it's frustrating because I hit really good iron shots there to put myself in position to get up there and force Harrington to make a little bit more of a heroic finish than just pars. But it wasn't to be. I don't know, that's Broadmoor for you. I wish I could have those two putts over." Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez made a tremendous charge and got to 10 under, tied with Cink headed into the final hole. But he bogeyed No. 18 to drop him into a third-place finish at 9 under, despite shooting 6-under 64 on the day. "If I had a chance to get on the green, I would go for that." Jimenez said about shooting a 5 on the par-4 18th. "But as I was talking with my caddie, 'OK, maybe you can pass the water, but we cannot do anything from there. Is it worth the risk?' Then I still need to go, but he's right. Then make not a bad wedge where I hit it after. "I went high left, more or less, pin high and missed it, but at least give myself a chance to make 4. But if I put it in the water, bye-bye." Hensby, meanwhile, shot a 3-over 73 to fall into a tie for fourth at 5 under with Denmark's Thomas Bjorn . Field Level Media This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
The Hindu
8 hours ago
- The Hindu
Lando Norris holds off Oscar Piastri to win Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix
In the week when the 'F1' movie hit theaters, Formula 1 delivered some real-life cinematic moments of its own. Teammates fought for the lead and came close to colliding as Lando Norris held off a race-long challenge from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday (June 29) and lift his title hopes. Norris and Piastri battled for the lead early on, with the Australian briefly into the lead before Norris took the position back. A rash lunge by Piastri nearly caused a collision soon after. Piastri lost ground at the pit stops and was run wide onto the grass by Alpine's Franco Colapinto while cutting through traffic. He soon made up ground on Norris but couldn't get close enough to try another overtake. Over the radio, Norris called it a 'beautiful one-two' finish for the team. 'We had a great battle, that's for sure,' he added later. "A lot of stress, but a lot of fun. A nice battle, so well done to Oscar." They next head to Norris' home race on July 6 in Britain, the halfway point of the season. More than ever this season, the title fight focuses on the two McLarens after defending champion Max Verstappen was hit by Kimi Antonelli on the opening lap, ending his race. Overall leader Piastri leads second-placed Norris by 15 points, with Verstappen still third but now 61 points off the lead. He told broadcaster Sky Sports after the race that he hoped the incident would at least mean fewer questions about his title chances. Two weeks after Norris apologised to McLaren for colliding with Piastri in Canada, it was Piastri's turn to say sorry to the team for a near-collision between the two drivers on Sunday. The Australian also said he regretted not making more of his few seconds in the lead earlier in the race. 'I hope it was good watching because it was pretty hard work from the car,' Piastri said. 'I tried my absolute best and probably could have done a better job when I just got ahead momentarily." Piastri added later that he was 'probably pushing the limits a bit much from my side once or twice but we're fighting for race wins in Formula 1. It's going to be pretty tough." Charles Leclerc was third for his third podium finish in four races, with his Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton fourth. George Russell, who won the last race in Canada, was fifth for Mercedes and Liam Lawson sixth for Racing Bulls in his best result of the season. Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin held off Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto for seventh in a late-race battle between two drivers who know each other well off track. Two-time champion Alonso has guided the Brazilian's career through his management company. Bortoleto was able to celebrate his first points finish in his rookie season, leaving Colapinto and the driver he replaced at Alpine, Jack Doohan, as the only competitors without any points in 2025. The second Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg was ninth and Esteban Ocon finished 10th for Haas.
The Hindu
8 hours ago
- The Hindu
F1 2025: Apologetic Antonelli given Silverstone grid drop for Verstappen incident in Austria
Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli was given a three-place grid drop for the British Grand Prix after dumping Formula One champion Max Verstappen out of Red Bull's home race in Austria on Sunday. The 18-year-old Italian rookie lost control and collided with the four-time champion on the opening lap, after narrowly missing Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson, with neither able to continue. It was Verstappen's first retirement of the season and left him still third in the championship but now 61 points adrift of McLaren's Oscar Piastri after 11 of 24 rounds. Piastri finished second in a McLaren one-two with race winner Lando Norris. 'I braked hard because I was behind other cars, and in that moment I locked the rears. Then I just couldn't stop the car,' said Antonelli, who had taken his first career F1 podium in the previous round in Canada. 'The car was just taking speed and the crash was inevitable. I just feel super sorry to the team, and to Max of course, because obviously he was just a passenger.' Stewards ruled that Antonelli was fully at fault and also gave him two penalty points. At a circuit where he has won a record five times, Verstappen had started seventh on the grid, with Antonelli lining up ninth. ALSO READ | Lando Norris wins F1 Austrian Grand Prix 2025, closes gap to Oscar Piastri 'I'm out, I got hit like crazy,' Verstappen said over the team radio, with an additional expletive. 'It's just unlucky, like yesterday in qualifying,' he told Sky Sports television later. 'But overall, we didn't really have that great pace anyway this weekend, so a lot of learning for us on how we can hopefully do better next weekend. My mentality doesn't change. We've won a lot in the past. Sometimes you have to accept that you are not winning, and we just try to do the best that we can.' The retirement ended a run of 31 grands prix in the points for the Dutch driver, whose fans throng in their thousands to the Red Bull Ring but this time never got to see him race.
