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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the team’s split strategies between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix was “part of racing”.   Norris won the race after making a one-stop strategy work, holding off two-stopping Piastri, which he only opted to take out of desperation after losing positions to George Russell and – initially – Fernando …

The odds seemed to be stacked against Lando Norris on Sunday as Oscar Piastri hunted him down at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, trying to overcome different McLaren strategies and a 12-second gap after his Australian teammate made a second pit stop. Norris opted for a Hail Mary one-stop strategy when race engineer Will Joseph floated the idea mid-race. As …

It is a long-standing matter of humour in the Formula 1 paddock that the “possible race strategies” infographic Pirelli circulates on Sunday mornings often bears no relationship at all to the way the race pans out. So it proved at the Hungaroring as Lando Norris ended up being effectively forced onto an u favourable one-stop strategy after a poor start, …

Lando Norris has won the Hungarian Grand Prix after holding off a thrilling late-race challenge for the lead from McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri, the Briton having made an alternative strategy work in his favour to take victory. Polesitter Charles Leclerc had made a strong start to hold P1 when the race got underway, allowing the Ferrari driver to build …

Norris’ hopes of victory appeared to have faded when he attempted to pass Piastri into the first corner after the start but was forced onto a tight inside line, allowing Russell and Alonso to pass him. With overtaking so difficult, that put Norris on the back foot. Meanwhile, Piastri was in second place challenging Leclerc, who had held the lead …

Charles Leclerc stunned everyone, including himself, in Saturday’s qualifying session when he took pole position ahead of the McLarens who have set the pace all weekend. Leclerc, who took Ferrari’s first pole position of the season, said he doesn’t “understand anything anymore about the sport.” But it was bittersweet for Ferrari as his teammate Lewis Hamilton starts 12th on the …

McLaren completed a clean-sweep of fastest times in Free Practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Oscar Piastri heading team mate Lando Norris in Saturday’s third and final session. Piastri, who leads the Drivers’ Championship by 16 points, posted a 1m 14.916s on Pirelli’s soft tyre, which left him just 0.032s ahead of Norris, the Briton having topped both one-hour …

Q2 – Norris goes quickest, Hamilton and Antonelli out In the break between Q1 and Q2, which featured an extra couple of minutes to allow marshals to clear loose gravel at Turn 12, the clouds appeared to grow darker and, by the time the green light switched on at the end of the pit lane, spots of rain had arrived. …

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri set the pace in the final practice hour for the Hungarian Grand Prix, narrowly heading his team mate Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. As teams shifted their focus to honing set-ups ahead of Qualifying this afternoon, the McLaren duo were two of the first to head out onto the track, hoping to reinforce their hold …

Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris to the top spot in the Hungarian Grand Prix’s final practice session, as McLaren delivered a devastating blow to the Formula 1 field in the prelude to qualifying. With 15 minutes left on the clock in the session, Piastri had taken new softs and embarked on a second soft-tyre run of the session; the Australian …