United Kingdom’s Lando Norris holds off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri of Australia to win Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lando Norris has held off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on a one-stop technique and slash the Australian’s Formulation One result in 9 factors going into the August break.
Norris accomplished 39 of the 70 laps on Sunday on the Hungaroring on a single set of onerous tyres whereas Piastri stopped twice and closed a 12-second hole to simply 0.6 on the end with a nail-biting chase to the chequered flag and a near-collision.
George Russell took a distant third, 20 seconds down the street, for Mercedes and his fifth podium of the season.
“I’m useless. I’m useless. It was robust,” gasped Norris, who began in third place – with Piastri second – after which went all the way down to fifth after being squeezed at first.
“We weren’t actually planning on the one cease, however after the primary lap, it was type of our solely choice to get again into issues.
“I didn’t suppose it might get us the win. I believed it might get us possibly into second.”
The win was Norris’s fifth of the season and third up to now 4 races to Piastri’s six. It was additionally McLaren’s seventh one-two in 14 races.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was a annoyed fourth after beginning on pole place however shedding out with a two-stop technique and a five-second penalty for erratic driving as Russell challenged.
Fernando Alonso completed fifth for Aston Martin forward of Sauber’s sixth-placed Brazilian rookie Gabriel Bortoleto.
Lance Stroll was seventh for Aston Martin forward of Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson with Pink Bull’s reigning champion, Max Verstappen, and Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli finishing the highest 10 scoring positions.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, an eight-time winner in Hungary, began in twelfth place for Ferrari and completed there.
The Briton was lapped by the leaders six laps from the chequered flag.
