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Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Free Malaysia Today
Norris wins ‘dream' maiden Monaco Grand Prix
McLaren driver Lando Norris celebrates after winning the Monaco Grand Prix today. (AP pic) MONACO : Lando Norris won his maiden Monaco Grand Prix today to close the gap on his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the battle for the 2025 drivers' world title. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took second with Piastri completing the podium in the eighth race of the season. Norris closed to within three points of Piastri after adding the jewel in the F1 calendar to his season-opening win in Australia. Four-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen took fourth with Lewis Hamilton in the other Ferrari rounding out the top five. 'Monaco, baby! It's a dream' Norris exclaimed over the team radio, after becoming the first McLaren driver to win on the sinuous streets of the Principality since Hamilton in 2008. 'It feels amazing, it's a long gruelling race. An amazing weekend with pole, with today. This is what we dream of, this is what I did dream of as a kid,' beamed the 25-year-old. He was pushed hard to the end of the gruelling and at times chaotic afternoon in the Monaco sunshine by Leclerc, who took second, 3.131s behind. 'Lando did a better job and he deserves to win. It is above our expectations here, I thought we would struggle to be in the top 10 so it has been a good weekend, but I wish I'd won,' said the Monaco-born Leclerc. Piastri rued a tricky time in qualifying yesterday. 'I got close but not close enough, and you run around here where you started,' said the Australian. Witness football history in Malaysia as Manchester United take on the Asean All-Stars – it's the clash you can't afford to miss. Book your seat now at before they're gone!
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Toto Wolff says different perspective needed as he defends Monaco Grand Prix
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff defended the Monaco Grand Prix and says it needs to be looked at with a different perspective as the race again came under fire. Monaco is the most prestigious event on the calendar but the famous streets of the principality do not lend themselves to overtaking. In a bid to enliven Sunday's spectacle, the FIA mandated two pit-stops but – although it created more strategy intrigue – it did not affect the order much as the top four retained their starting positions. Wolff's driver George Russell suggested the race could be scrapped in favour of two qualifying sessions, while Max Verstappen joked 'maybe four stops next year' after believing the new rule failed to work. George Russell had a frustrating day at the office 😖#F1 #MonacoGP — Formula 1 (@F1) May 25, 2025 But Mercedes chief Wolff took a wider view of the weekend. 'The perspective I look at is that most of the relevant sporting event is on Saturday and it always has been,' Wolff said. 'What Formula One has created here is unbelievable. Grandstands, full terraces, full boats like I've never seen before. 'Yesterday I filmed from my terrace a traffic jam of one and a half kilometres at 2.30 in the morning. And you know, that is the kind of 360 degree angle that Formula One needs to have. We have spectacular races on the Saturday. 'Even if this was a zero stop race, it's still a mega venue and then it's the Saturday shootout that matters.' McLaren's Lando Norris clinched his first Monaco victory to cut the gap to team-mate Oscar Piastri in the championship standings to three points. Piastri came home third, behind Charles Leclerc and ahead of four-time champion Max Verstappen. There was not a single overtake in the race, however, and Red Bull boss Christian Horner thinks Formula One needs to look at something to offer the chance of passing another car. 'I would say it was an improvement, it was strategically more interesting, there was more jeopardy to it,' Horner said. 'The fundamental problem is you cannot overtake here. That's circuit specific, it's been on the calendar for 52 years. 'I think it (changing layout) is the only way to really encourage any form of overtaking. 'Trying to create a bit more braking, you know, area either on the exit of the tunnel or turn one, if there was any way of creating a longer braking zone somewhere we should really investigate it.'
Khaleej Times
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Khaleej Times
McLaren's Norris wins 'dream' maiden Monaco Grand Prix
Lando Norris won his maiden Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to close the gap on his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the battle for the 2025 drivers' world title. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took second with Piastri completing the podium in the eighth race of the season. Norris closed to within three points of Piastri after adding the jewel in the F1 calendar to his season-opening win in Australia. Four-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen took fourth with Lewis Hamilton in the other Ferrari rounding out the top five. "Monaco, baby! It's a dream" Norris exclaimed over the team radio, after becoming the first McLaren driver to win on the sinuous streets of the Principality since Hamilton in 2008. "It feels amazing, it's a long gruelling race. An amazing weekend with pole, with today. This is what we dream of, this is what I did dream of as a kid," beamed the 25-year-old. He was pushed hard to the end of the gruelling and at times chaotic afternoon in the Monaco sunshine by Leclerc, who took second, 3.131s behind. "Lando did a better job and he deserves to win. It is above our expectations here, I thought we would struggle to be in the top 10 so it has been a good weekend, but I wish I'd won," said the Monaco-born Leclerc. Piastri rued a tricky time in qualifying on Saturday. "I got close but not close enough, and you run around here where you started," said the Australian.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Norris wins 'dream' maiden Monaco Grand Prix
Lando Norris won his maiden Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to close the gap on his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the battle for the 2025 drivers' world title. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took second with Piastri completing the podium in the eighth race of the season. Norris closed to within three points of Piastri after adding the jewel in the F1 calendar to his season-opening win in Australia. Four-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen took fourth with Lewis Hamilton in the other Ferrari rounding out the top five. "Monaco, baby! It's a dream" Norris exclaimed over the team radio, after becoming the first McLaren driver to win on the sinuous streets of the Principality since Hamilton in 2008. "It feels amazing, it's a long gruelling race. An amazing weekend with pole, with today. This is what we dream of, this is what I did dream of as a kid," beamed the 25-year-old. He was pushed hard to the end of the gruelling and at times chaotic afternoon in the Monaco sunshine by Leclerc, who took second, 3.131s behind. "Lando did a better job and he deserves to win. It is above our expectations here, I thought we would struggle to be in the top 10 so it has been a good weekend, but I wish I'd won," said the Monaco-born Leclerc. Piastri rued a tricky time in qualifying on Saturday. "I got close but not close enough, and you run around here where you started," said the Australian. nr/pi
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Lando Norris wins Monaco Grand Prix to cut Oscar Piastri's lead to three points
Lando Norris slashed Oscar Piastri's title lead after navigating the two-stop strategy puzzle to clinch his first Monaco Grand Prix victory. The British driver converted pole into the win around the famed streets of Monte Carlo as he held off home favourite Charles Leclerc in the closing stages. It was a slow and controversial race of strategy, game-playing and tactics. The event is the jewel in the Formula One crown and undoubtably the most famous on the 24-race calendar. LANDO NORRIS WINS THE MONACO GRAND PRIX!!! 🎉#F1 #MonacoGP — Formula 1 (@F1) May 25, 2025 But the prestigious venue, which sees the cars hurtle past Casino Square, round the famed hairpin, through the tunnel and along the principality's harbour, rarely tends to lend itself to great racing. Overtaking is nigh-on impossible so, in a bid to create more strategy options, the FIA introduced a mandatory two pit-stop rule for this season. It failed to make a huge impact on the standings, as the top four retained their order before being unable to pass in the final stages – with Leclerc second, Piastri third and Max Verstappen fourth. Victory meant Norris cut his McLaren team-mate's championship lead to three points. 'Monaco, baby, yeah baby!' Norris said on the radio. A DOUBLE PODIUM IN MONTE CARLO! 🧡#McLaren | #M7AReborn | #MonacoGP 🇲🇨 — McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 25, 2025 Norris survived a scare at the first corner as he had a heavy lock-up into turn one but was able to keep his car on track and hold off local hero Leclerc. Gabriel Bortoleto went nose-first into the barriers at Portier on lap one after Kimi Antonelli dove up his inside. The Brazilian was able to continue but it sparked a virtual safety car, with four drivers at the back of the field coming in to pit. Pierre Gasly was out of the race by lap nine as he thundered into the back of Yuki Tsunoda at the Nouvelle Chicane, losing his front-left wheel and claiming he had 'no brakes'. Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar, who started fifth, had made both his stops by lap 19 as the leaders made their move. Norris pitted and rejoined fourth, before Piastri was told to box in an attempt to undercut Leclerc – a move which was hampered by a slow pit stop. Leclerc rejoined second after his stop and Verstappen stayed out until lap 28, when he re-emerged in fourth as the first round of stops changed nothing in terms of position. Verstappen complained the upshifts on his Red Bull felt 'like the Monaco Grand Prix from 1972'. Carlos Sainz was deliberately holding George Russell up in the midfield to create a gap for team-mate Alex Albon to pit. Max is feeling nostalgic! 😅#F1 #MonacoGP — Formula 1 (@F1) May 25, 2025 Norris lapped all but the seven cars behind him before a pedestrian race had reached halfway. Albon took his turn to back up Russell before Sainz's first stop and, on lap 49, the Mercedes man charged straight on at the chicane to overtake. Mercedes told him to hand the place back but Russell replied: 'I'll take the penalty, he's driving erratically.' Russell was handed a drive-through penalty. 'If I'm honest, I prefer not to speak,' he said. Williams orchestrated a switch of their drivers after their game had played out, with Albon reclaiming ninth. LAP 73/78 Verstappen ➡️ Norris ➡️ Leclerc ➡️ Piastri#F1 #MonacoGP — Formula 1 (@F1) May 25, 2025 Out front, Norris, Leclerc and Piastri made their second stops and retained their order but Verstappen stayed out – seemingly banking on a safety car or red flag. Piastri survived a slide at turn one before Verstappen backed Norris up into Leclerc. Last year's winner Leclerc heaped the pressure onto Norris in the final 10 laps but there was no way through as Verstappen made his second stop on the penultimate lap before coming home fourth. Lewis Hamilton gained two places to finish fifth but almost a minute off the lead. Russell ultimately finished 11th.
