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's 200th F1 grand prix win in Hungary was a good example of how it wants to go racing, says its team boss

Oscar Piastri's radio message to McLaren about Lando Norris during the Hungarian Grand Prix has emerged. Piastri finished second at the Hungaroring, behind McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. The Australian spent the majority of the race ahead of Norris and battling Ferrari polesitter Charles Leclerc for the win.