Ill-tempered radio arguments win 'Star of the Day' at the Hungarian GP...
Oscar Piastri survived a controversial call from McLaren to win the Hungarian Grand Prix after the team’s strategy benefitted Lando Norris on a day when Max Verstappen also lost his cool with Red Bull.
Carlos Sainz, who started fourth, dropped to seventh behind Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso, who started on soft tyres. Verstappen, arguing his case for being forced off, was noted for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Red Bull came over the radio and told him to give the place to Norris to negate an investigation, which he promptly did.
As the pit stops played out, Piastri was in a lap after his team-mate, two laps later Verstappen came in along with Sainz and then Leclerc. The latter’s stop put Piastri back into P1, three seconds up on Norris, who was two ahead of Hamilton with Verstappen a further five back. At the front, two scruffy laps from Piastri, including an off at Turn 11, saw Norris close to just over a second with the Briton told it’s “okay” to race his team-mate. But clearly it was not okay from Piastri’s side as he found some pace to put more space between himself and Norris.
There was also tension at Red Bull between Verstappen and his engineer as he complained about his “bull***t” strategy. He finally passed Leclerc for fourth on lap 58. He quickly dropped the Ferrari and closed in on Hamilton for third.
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