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The Independent
8 minutes ago
- Automotive
- The Independent
F1 Hungarian GP 2025 schedule: How to watch race in Budapest
F1 returns to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend, round 14 of the 2025 season and the last race before the summer break. Championship leader Oscar Piastri won the Belgian Grand Prix last time out, with an early overtake on McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris sealing his sixth victory of the season. The Australian now has a 16-point lead over the Briton. Charles Leclerc secured a podium finish for Ferrari, while Lewis Hamilton recovered from a pit-lane start to come home seventh. However, the seven-time world champion is still chasing a first podium for the Scuderia. Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the sprint race at the first race under new team principal Laurent Mekies, while Mercedes endured a weekend to forget. Piastri won last year's race in Hungary - his first F1 victory - after a contentious team order decision instructed Norris to give up the lead. When is the Hungarian Grand Prix? All times BST Friday 1 August Free practice 1: 12:30pm Free practice 2: 4pm Saturday 2 August Free practice 3: 11:30am Qualifying: 3pm Sunday 3 August Race: 2pm How can I watch it online and on TV? The Hungarian Grand Prix will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom - and ESPN in the United States. Sky's coverage of Sunday's race starts at 12:30pm (BST). Sky Sports subscribers can watch all the action in Budapest on the Sky Go app. If you're not a Sky customer, you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription. If you're travelling abroad and want to watch the Hungarian Grand Prix then you might need a VPN to unblock your streaming app. Our VPN roundup is here to help. F1 driver standings 1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 266 points 2. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 250 points 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 185 points 4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 157 points 5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 139 points 6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 109 points 7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 63 points 8. Alex Albon (Williams) – 54 points 9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) - 37 points 10. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 27 points 12. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) – 22 points 12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 20 points 13. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 20 points 14. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 16 points 15. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 16 points 16. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 16 points 17. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) – 10 points 18. Ollie Bearman (Haas) – 8 points 19. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) – 6 points 20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 0 points 21. Jack Doohan (Alpine) – 0 points F1 constructor standings 1. McLaren - 516 points 2. Ferrari - 248 points 3. Mercedes - 220 points 4. Red Bull - 192 points 5. Williams - 70 points 6. Sauber - 43 points 7. Racing Bulls - 41 points 8. Aston Martin - 36 points 9. Haas - 35 points 10. Alpine - 20 points 2025 F1 CALENDAR IN FULL: ROUND 14 - HUNGARY Hungaroring, Budapest - 1-3 August ROUND 15 - NETHERLANDS Circuit Zandvoort - 29-31 August ROUND 16 - ITALY Monza Circuit - 5-7 September ROUND 17 - AZERBAIJAN Baku City Circuit - 19-21 September ROUND 18 - SINGAPORE Marina Bay Street Circuit - 3-5 October ROUND 19 - UNITED STATES (sprint weekend) Circuit of the Americas, Austin - 17-19 October ROUND 20 - MEXICO Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City - 24-26 October ROUND 21 - BRAZIL (sprint weekend) Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo - 7-9 November ROUND 22 - LAS VEGAS Las Vegas Street Circuit - 20-22 November ROUND 23 - QATAR (sprint weekend)
Chicago Tribune
38 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Column: A Chicago film curator reflects on her new job in London, where national arts funding is still a thing
Across two decades, the film programmer Rebecca Fons, soon departing the Siskel Film Center in Chicago for a big new job at London's Barbican Centre, has worked at a novel variety of movie venues, including the single-screen Iowa Theater in her hometown of Winterset, Iowa, population a little more than 5,000. Most towns that size haven't had a movie theater for years. Fons and her mother, Marianne Fons, raised a million bucks and rehabbed and reopened the Iowa Theater on John Wayne Drive in Winterset as a nonprofit. Fons still programs the programming, which typically is 'F1' or 'Superman' but this week, at 7 p.m. July 31, it's 'Singin' in the Rain.' Fons, 43, has been the Siskel Film Center's director of programming since 2021. She will continue to program the Iowa when she becomes Head of Cinema at the sprawling Brutalist multidisciplinary Barbican arts complex this summer. The Barbican, by many measurements, remains London's leading cultural destination; it's home base for, among other organizations, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the London Symphony Orchestra. And it is generally tagged as the largest arts center in Europe. Our conversation has been edited for clarity and length. Q: In your job interviews for the Barbican post, what seemed to be the X-factor in your hiring? A: I think it had a lot to do with a noticeably varied career. I worked at the Chicago International Film Festival for nearly a decade, I did educational screenings, worked with students, teachers, general audiences, I managed volunteers, handled the visiting talent, ran around red carpets. I rehabbed a cinema with my mom and popped popcorn and picked carpet patterns. For FilmScene in Iowa City (a three-screen operation that Fons ran from 2017 to 2020), I programmed for rural audiences, college audiences. Here at the Film Center, I program for urban audiences. I guess (the Barbican) saw all this, and saw in me a curiosity to learn more, and always collaborate. How can we do with film, to go beyond the frame? That kept coming up in our interviews, and that aligned with what the Barbican has been doing with all its cross-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary programming. They've always done it, but they're entering a new era with it. Q: It's interesting to read a culture job description issued by a major institution in 2025 that isn't afraid of words like 'diverse' or 'provoke debate.' We talked earlier this year about the zeroing out of the National Endowment for the Arts and how it could affect Film Center programming like the Black Harvest Film Festival. A few months later, everyone's hurting. A: Yeah. (pause) The core values of the Barbican, and the mission and the support of the nation the Barbican happens to be part of — they're very welcome right now. Just to know there will be no debates about the value of national arts funding, very welcome. The Barbican's strategic plan and its mission align with my own values as a curator and as a human being. The (head of cinema) job is why I'm going, and I'm honored to be in that role. The rest of it is icing on the cake, but it's not just icing, if you know what I mean. What's interesting is that the Film Center's programming and the Barbican's programming have a lot of similarities. They run new films, we run new films. They host the London Palestine Film Festival, we host the Chicago Palestine Film Festival. They host various partner festivals' screenings, we do the same. They showcase a lot of repertory titles, as do we. Also, this is sort of wild: The Barbican opened in 1982, three months before I was born (laughs). Q: Has anyone there asked you where Iowa is? Do they believe it exists? A: Um (laughs), you're right, I should probably cue up a screening of 'Field of Dreams' for the staff and just say 'I live near there.' Honestly, I'll just show them photos of the Iowa Theater in my hometown. We're all connected by this business we love. Q: Your successor at the Film Center, whoever that turns out to be — what advice would you give to this person about the challenges and the possibilities? A: Every film exhibitor or curator or programmer is just trying to read the tea leaves and adjust. As usual. After the pandemic lockdown, and then the fallout from the (writers and actors) strikes, the industry was adjusting and counter-adjusting, trying to figure things out. It's a dance marathon, and we're all a bit tired. But we're here. There's a lot of encouragement and support and courage. We're all in it. People have been predicting the death of cinema since not too long after the birth of cinema. We just keep doing what we do. It's a resilient art form.
Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Automotive
- Daily Mirror
New Renault CEO makes immediate announcement over Alpine F1 team's future
Speculation has persisted for some time that Renault could be looking to sell the Alpine Formula 1 team which is struggling at the bottom of the constructors' championship The new chief executive of the Renault automotive group has said he has no plans to take the company out of Formula 1. Francois Provost has taken over as head of the French carmaking giant from Luca de Meo, whose resignation was confirmed last month. There have long been rumours swirling that suggested Renault was considering a sale of its F1 team, which races under the moniker of its Alpine sportscar brand. And the exit of De Meo, for whom racing at the pinnacle of motorsport was something of a passion project, only added fuel to those flames. But his successor has pledged his commitment, for now, to staying in the sport. Despite the outfit's poor performance in recent times, Provost said competing in F1 remains part of the Alpine brand strategy, as he spoke to reporters to announce Renault's financial results for the first half of 2025 in one of his first tasks as the new CEO of the company. Renault considered a swathe of both internal and external candidates for the role, after De Meo announced his intention to leave to take over as head of luxury good group Kering, which owns world-famous fashion brands like Gucci, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent. Ultimately, the carmaker decided to promote Provost, a Renault veteran of 23 years, from his previous role as head of procurement into the chief executive position. "It is with pride and gratitude that I welcome my appointment," he said. "I would like to warmly thank my President, Jean-Dominique Senard and the Board of Directors for the trust they have placed in me. I have a special thought for the teams across the Group who have supported me throughout these past 23 years. "I will dedicate all my energy and passion to contributing – alongside our 100,000 employees, our dealers, suppliers, and partners – to the development of our Group, one of the flagships of French industry for the past 127 years. 'Renault Group benefits from strong fundamentals, with committed teams, an outstanding range of products, strong brands, and an innovative organisational model. These will be invaluable assets as we accelerate our transformation in an increasingly demanding environment for our industry. You can count on my commitment and determination to write the next page of our history together." Provost also becomes the new direct report for Flavio Briatore, who was brought back into the Renault fold by De Meo as a special adviser to the board regarding the Alpine team's efforts. The Italian has since taken over as de-facto team principal, though not officially by title, since the departure of previous boss Oliver Oakes in May. But results have been difficult to come by this season and Alpine sit rock bottom of the constructors' championship, having amassed just 20 points so far this year. They are 15 points behind Haas in ninth place and desperately need both their drivers to start scoring, with Franco Colapinto struggling and all of their points so far in 2025 having been secured by Pierre Gasly.
Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Automotive
- Daily Mirror
George Russell claim made as 'painful' Toto Wolff contract tactics emerge – 'He blanked me'
George Russell is expected to put pen to paper on a new Mercedes deal shortly, despite Toto Wolff's "avoiding blue ticks" strategy when it comes to contract negotiations Nico Rosberg believes George Russell will shortly sign a new Mercedes contract despite Toto Wolff 's "painful" approach to negotiating. Russell's future with the Brackley team has been the subject of speculation over the past year or so, with his current deal, signed in the summer of 2023, due to run out when the 2025 F1 campaign ends. With only months remaining, the British driver finds himself without a new contract as things stand. The 27-year-old had previously hinted his deal was being held up because Mercedes were in discussions with Max Verstappen, with suggestions that Wolff was trying to lure the four-time world champion away from Red Bull. Yet, Russell has received a boost from Verstappen's decision to stick with Red Bull until the end of 2026, in light of Christian Horner's dismissal as team boss. Wolff suggested that a new deal for Russell could be finalised ahead of the summer break, once this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix wraps up. Reports have now emerged stating that Russell is on the verge of securing a multi-year deal with the Silver Arrows, possibly until the end of the 2027 season, which would see him partner teenager Kimi Antonelli for the foreseeable future. That's a view that Sky Sports F1 pundit Rosberg - who raced for Mercedes from 2010 to 2016 - shares. Rosberg also reflected on his own unpleasant experiences with Wolff, giving an insight into the Austrian's tough negotiation tactics while he was trying to secure a new contract at Mercedes. The 2016 F1 world champion told Sky Sports' F1 Show: 'It's definitely not a comfortable situation for George because he would like to have it done and dusted. In my experience, dealing with Toto for contract negotiations is a little bit painful because he just disappears off planet Earth when you're trying to get hold of him. 'That's his strategy to strengthen his negotiating position - just to disappear. But now that Max's [situation] is done, maybe things will move pretty quickly actually.' The German had said earlier: 'If you're George now trying to get hold of him, Toto's already gone. He even knows how to avoid the blue ticks. 'As soon as your message pops up on his screen, he'll only read the first few words and won't even open it properly. I remember that well from my time – it was always his style: vanish, don't reply, be unreachable. And that's horrible, because it gives you no chance.' While Wolff has publicly said he is committed to both Russell and his current team-mate Antonelli for the 2026 season, a prospective multi-year deal for the Brit keeps alive the possibility of him being paired with Verstappen at a later date. That's despite many viewing the pairing as unrealistic due to their high-profile spats on and off the track. But, for now, Mercedes are finally content with Russell as their No. 1 driver, thanks to him delivering his most consistent and complete F1 campaign to date this year. He won the Canadian Grand Prix and has outscored Antonelli 157 points to 63, while achieving four more podium finishes. When asked by Sky Sports F1 if the contract delay was fuelling Russell's impressive form, Wolff replied: "As a driver, he's so mature and stable that I don't think that makes any difference on performance. 'On the contrary, I would wish to have him in a safe place a little bit earlier. We haven't managed to do that but I'm optimistic that he's going to sleep well over the summer break."
Gulf Weekly
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- Gulf Weekly
Antonelli paying price for ‘wrong steps' by Mercedes
Mercedes have made mistakes in developing their Formula One car and teenage Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli's struggles are a consequence of that, according to technical director James Allison. Antonelli, 18, finished third in Canada in June for his first F1 podium but has since failed to score. He has had two retirements since Montreal as well as 17th in a sprint race in Belgium last Saturday and then 16th in Sunday's main grand prix. The Italian, who took a sprint pole in Miami and is the sport's youngest ever race leader, has retired four times in the last seven rounds and admitted in Belgium he was lacking confidence in the car and not driving as he would like. 'I think he's, like the rest of us, massively fed up with a string of results that are well below what we were collectively achieving earlier in the year,' Allison said in an interview. 'I hope he takes some solace from the fact that we tell him, and it's demonstrably a fact, that we have taken the wrong steps with the car, making our team less competitive, and that he is paying the price for that, as is George (Russell). 'If the car isn't where it needs to be, then it will be a struggle getting through the qualifying stages in your rookie season in F1.' Allison said it was 'utterly clear' to everyone that the car needed to be better and Antonelli's fortunes would improve when it was. 'Hopefully he's listening to us as we say those reassuring words because we absolutely know that he is putting in the effort on his side of that bargain,' he added. Mercedes are third overall, 28 points behind second-placed Ferrari, with one win by Russell in Canada. Russell has been on the podium five times and is fourth overall with 157 points to Antonelli's 63. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, whose seat Antonelli took when the Briton moved to Ferrari, showed his support for the Italian after Saturday qualifying at Spa. 'He was telling me to keep my head up, and that it's normal to have bad weekends, and to just keep believing,' the Italian told reporters. Hamilton told Sky Sports television he could not imagine what the rookie was going through. 'He's been doing fantastic. But to be thrown in at the deep end at 18... he hadn't even had his driving licence when he first started racing,' he said.
