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- New York Times
Hungarian Grand Prix: Norris wins a thriller over Piastri, Leclerc's victory evaporates
Lando Norris survived a tense final few laps at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri for the win and crucially closing the gap to Piastri for the lead in the 2025 drivers' championship to nine points. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc led most of the race but suffered a dramatic, sudden loss of performance in the final stages that ultimately left him off the podium. Our F1 experts, Luke Smith (in Budapest) and Madeline Coleman, break down their takeaways from the last grand prix before the 2025 summer break. Charles Leclerc's qualifying magic on Saturday may have given Ferrari a first pole position of the season to celebrate, but the car just didn't have enough to convert that into its first win of the year on a weekend of contrasts across the garage. Leclerc retained the lead at Turn 1, arguably Piastri's best chance to get ahead, and maintained his advantage through the opening stint, even as Piastri tried to undercut him. But Piastri's tire delta gave McLaren the pace needed to get a move done shortly after the second round of stops, which, combined with Norris jumping ahead on the one-stop, relegated Leclerc to third place. Advertisement The Monégasque driver was pretty direct in his frustration, saying the team needed to listen to him and that it would be a 'miracle' if it finished on the podium after falling far behind Piastri, losing as much as two seconds per lap. George Russell was left upset by Leclerc's defensive moves, believing he deserved a penalty, but ultimately got ahead for third place with a lunge in the final stages. Leclerc did at least get the chance to get into some kind of fight on the track, unlike Lewis Hamilton, whose miserable weekend never saw him earnestly contend for points. His race was defined by his Q2 exit on Saturday, after which he called himself 'useless' and said Ferrari should 'change the driver' in the car, serving as another low in his up-and-down first season with the team. Starting on hards, he was always committed to a long first stint, but couldn't make much progress, instead spending the opening stint largely staring at the rear of Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes. He crossed the line in a disappointing 12th. It'll go down as a weekend of missed opportunities for Ferrari, especially from the high of Leclerc's pole on Saturday, and for Hamilton, a very off-the-boil showing. Luke Smith Twelve months on from the tense final stages of the Hungarian Grand Prix as McLaren managed its drivers running first and second, there was a small sense of déjà vu as Oscar Piastri chased down Lando Norris. Norris made life more difficult than it needed to be at the start, boxing himself in behind Piastri by taking the inside line and allowing George Russell and Fernando Alonso to get past him. Although Norris could get past Alonso, he was then left to struggle in Russell's dirty air for much of the first stint. Norris was released into clean air after the leading trio had pitted, and as he began to eke his tires out, the one-stop strategy came into play. 'Keen for it?' asked race engineer Will Joseph, offering Norris the Hail Mary to win. 'Yeah, why not?' replied Norris. Advertisement It actually put Norris into the pound seat for victory, giving him track position on a circuit where overtaking is such a challenge. Piastri was committed to the two-stop and had to work to undercut Leclerc, but made clear to his engineer he was more concerned about beating Norris, his championship rival. Norris inherited the lead with 25 laps to go after Piastri's final stop, knowing he'd be caught up and have to manage his tires carefully to the very end. It went right to the final few laps, Norris doing all he could to hold on, with Piastri attempting his first dive-bomb on the penultimate lap into Turn 9, locking up and narrowly avoiding contact. By the final lap, Piastri was too far back to get Norris, leaving the Briton to cling on and secure a significant victory for his title hopes, going into the summer break with three wins in the last four races. In Hungary, credit must go to McLaren for managing the race smartly and turning a 2-4 from the first stint into a 1-2 finish. But it was also a good insight into the brewing championship fight between Piastri and Norris. Yes, relations remain cordial, but both are fiercely determined to beat one another to the title; that's their only focus going into the final 10 races of the season. Luke Smith When speaking with the Dutch media after qualifying Saturday, Verstappen made a brutally honest remark: He doesn't think he'll win a race again this season, and he likely isn't wrong. He said, 'I can't make more of it; that seems clear to me at the moment.' Hungaroring put one of Red Bull's weaknesses in the spotlight. The RB21 has struggled in the low-speed corners this season, which is a big quality of this circuit, and the balance issues that have long been present in the car have hit more. Throughout the weekend, Verstappen reported that he was lacking grip, and he told written media that this remained the same in qualifying. But the big question was whether there was an identified issue, to which he said there wasn't. Advertisement 'This weekend, from lap one, just felt off. We threw the car around a lot, and nothing really gave the direction,' Verstappen later said. 'That is the biggest problem because when you change a lot from the setup, it will always give you positives or negatives, and ours was just … nothing worked. It was just going round in circles, and nothing gave you any kind of idea of what to do.' Despite the cards he'd been dealt, Verstappen made daring overtaking moves to claw his way through the order, especially after he exited the pit lane into traffic. He was already struggling with his medium tires by Lap 11, when he was behind Bortoleto, and the Dutchman pitted for fresh hard tires several laps later. He navigated around NicoHülkenbergg and Pierre Gasly for P12, and the Red Bull driver later made a bold move on Hamilton for P11, one that the Ferrari driver ended up going off track with how close the battle was. The stewards will investigate the incident after the race. The flurry of final pit stops helped Verstappen, as he moved to fifth by Lap 45, but he faced a notable gap to Russell, who was on fresher tires. By lap 48, that gap was 26 seconds. Verstappen made his second stop a lap later and ultimately ended up in ninth. This won't be the last track this season where Red Bull will struggle. Singapore is another low-speed circuit. Verstappen finished second, 20 seconds behind Norris, in last year's race. Madeline Coleman Sauber has managed to turn around its form compared to last season, and Bortoleto, who won the Formula Two championship last year, starred among the rookie class during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. His debut in Australia didn't start great, as he DNFed after crashing, and he endured a series of poor finishes, ending P19 in Japan and securing consecutive P18 finishes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia before DNFing again in Miami. It wasn't until the Austrian Grand Prix weekend that the rookie driver scored his first points, bringing home four with an eighth-place finish — and notably ending ahead of teammateHülkenbergg, who would go on to secure a podium finish the following weekend at Silverstone. But it's become evident that Bortoleto is starting to find a rhythm, outqualifyingHülkenbergg and advancing to Q3 in Belgium and doing the same at Hungaroring. Bortoleto managed to outqualify Verstappen on Saturday and lined up alongside the Dutchman come Sunday. Advertisement Bortoleto briefly looked to be in trouble during the grand prix, after he was noted for a possible false start, but he was cleared, whileHülkenbergg received a penalty for the same offense. After starting seventh, Bortoleto made his way up a spot by Lap 2 and was still in that spot after the final pit stops were made, and the grid tackled the final 10 laps. It was a relatively quiet but clean race for the rookie as he secured his best finish of his F1 career to date: a crucial P6, which brought home eight points for Sauber. Madeline Coleman
CNN
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Lando Norris recovers from disastrous start to win thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix
Lando Norris made it three wins from his last four races on Sunday with a hard-fought victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, holding off his teammate Oscar Piastri in a thrilling finale. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Yahoo
43 minutes ago
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Suicide crisis in South Korea: Nearly 10 aged 65+ take own lives each day
SEOUL, Aug 3 — Nearly 10 South Koreans aged 65 and above died by suicide each day between 2019 and 2023, according to a new medical study in the Journal of the Korean Medical Association. A total of 18,044 people in that age group took their own lives during the five-year period; this works out to more than 3,000 deaths every year, The Korea Herald reported today. The study was authored by Dr Oh Dae-jong, assistant professor of the Workplace Mental Health Institute at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and the Seoul Metropolitan Government. According to the study, the suicide mortality rate among South Koreans aged 65 and older stood at 40.6 per 100,000 in 2023. This was 45 per cent higher than the rate of 28 recorded among those aged 15 to 64. 'Older adults are less likely than younger people to seek psychiatric help before attempting suicide, and many take their own lives after only one or a few attempts, making early identification of high-risk seniors important,' Dr Oh was quoted as saying in the study. Depression in South Koreans aged 65 and above is often linked to the loss of a spouse, financial stress, loneliness, family conflict and feeling like a burden to their families, the study noted. Chronic physical illness is another major factor, especially in the period soon after a diagnosis. Compared to younger people, those aged 65 and above are more likely to use fatal methods such as ingesting pesticides or hanging, which makes survival much less likely. The South Korean study advised on the need to train 'gatekeepers across the medical field who can identify and respond to early verbal, emotional and behavioral warning signs in older adults at risk of suicide'. It also recommended comprehensive, collaborative strategy between health professionals and the community to prevent more suicides. Statistics Korea said the population of people aged 65 and older crossed the 10 million mark for the first time in November last year. There were 10.12 million in that age group, an increase of 513,000 from the year before. People aged 65 and above now make up 19.5 per cent of South Korea's total population of 51.81 million. This means nearly one in five South Koreans are now 65 or older. * If you are lonely, distressed, or having negative thoughts, Befrienders offers free and confidential support 24 hours a day. A full list of Befrienders contact numbers and state operating hours is available here: There are also free hotlines for young people: Talian Kasih at 15999 (24/7); Talian BuddyBear at 1800-18-2327(BEAR)(daily 12pm-12am); Mental Health Psychosocial Support Service (03-2935 9935 or 014-322 3392); and Jakim's Family, Social and Community Care Centre (WhatsApp 0111-959 8214).
