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Race Car Lando Norris WINS Austrian Grand Prix-Verstappen Crashed Out on Lap One

Lando Norris WINS Austrian Grand Prix in Style to Close Gap on Oscar Piastri

Lando Norris won the Austrian Grand Prix to reignite his world title hopes. McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri finished second after tense 20 lap duel


Max Verstappen crashed out on lap one as a Silverstone showdown looms


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Norris and McLaren team mate Piastri went wheel to wheel in a thrilling early duel as they exchanged places







Max Verstappens hopes of retaining his title suffered a blow as he crashed out on the first lap





Hamilton again clashed with his race engineer, Riccardo Adami



In an old incarnation, as the Osterrichring, this track could have been called the prettiest graveyard in the world. But on Sunday, as the Red Bull Ring, it was the scene of rebirth for Lando Norris and his world championship dream.

He won the Austrian Grand Prix in style to close within 15 points of runner up Oscar Piastri.


Max Verstappen was punted out of the race and out of a title contest he was barely in.


As for Norris, he was crushed last time in Canada, a stupid crash confirming the scrambled state of his mind. Here he drove smartly, calmly, cleanly in a fabulous duel with his McLaren team mate Piastri, the man he had smashed into only a fortnight before.

For 20 laps, less than a second separated the two of them, the Bristolian Norris in first place, by dint of a stupendous pole lap, and the Melburnian Piastri in second.

How much had Norris learned from his meltdown in Montreal As much as he had persuasively claimed in the build up to this race in Spielberg

We were to find out. So often rightly criticised for clumsy starts under pressure at the sharp end of the grid, he was away well. He covered the attack of Charles Leclerc, starting third, in the 200 yard run into the first bend and this gave Piastri his chance to push past the Ferrari on the outside of Turn 1.




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Race Highlights 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj6DHG0X66k



Lando Norris Pole Lap 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Pirelli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEWdQ4QeF5w

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