Perez and Bottas to race for Cadillac in 2026

Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez will race for the new Cadillac Formula 1 team next year. The decision marks a return to the F1 grid for the two drivers, neither of whom is racing this year after being dropped at the end of 2024. Mark Reuss, the president of Cadillac’s parent company General Motors, said the decision was based on the drivers’ experience of wins and podiums in F1. He described the choice of Bottas and Perez as “a really good winning combination”.

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Lando Norris fends off Piastri to win Hungarian GP

Lando Norris held off a late attack from McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris’ controlled, defensive drive in an intense race, with the two title rivals on divergent strategies, reduces his deficit to Piastri in the championship to nine points heading into Formula 1’s summer break. Mercedes’ George Russell took the final podium place, passing Charles Leclerc in the closing stages as the Ferrari faded from pole position.

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Leclerc takes surprise pole ahead of McLaren duo in Hungary

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took a sensational, surprise pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Leclerc, nowhere near the McLaren’s pace until the final part of qualifying, pipped Piastri by just 0.026 seconds. Norris, 16 points adrift in the championship, was 0.015secs behind his team-mate.

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Oscar Piastri wins Hungarian Grand Prix after team orders row with Norris

Oscar Piastri took his maiden grand prix victory in a McLaren one-two ahead of Lando Norris in a dramatic race in Hungary amid a heated row over team orders. Behind them, in a race full of see-sawing action, old rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided as they disputed third place. Both continued but Hamilton held on to third and the Red Bull driver, his race full radio messages peppered with swearing, dropped back to finish fifth behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

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McLaren’s Lando Norris pips Piastri to pole in Hungary

Lando Norris led Oscar Piastri to a McLaren one-two ahead of Max Verstappen in an action-packed qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris edged out his team-mate by 0.022 seconds and Verstappen by just 0.046secs in a session which featured changing conditions and two red flags for big crashes. That gives Norris his third career pole, and McLaren a first one-two in qualifying since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

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