Norris opted for a Hail Mary one-stop strategy when race engineer Will Joseph floated the idea mid-race. As the final laps unfolded, he had older tires and was racing in dirty air as they caught up to traffic with no DRS assistance. Piastri was quickly narrowing the gap, getting it within eight-tenths of a second with five laps to go.

McLaren boss Andrea Stella has insisted Oscar Piastri's attempted move on Lando Norris late in the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand

McLaren stood firmly behind the fierce but fair racing duel between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the Hungarian Grand Prix, praising their drivers’ championship fight despite a late near-crash.