F1 Lando Norris was victorious at the Hungarian Grand Prix, scoring his fifth victory of the year. He’s still riding the momentum of his hot start with McLaren. Norris had begun the race from third on the grid. He hit an unexpected pushback on the first turn, leaving him pinched back to fifth. Within moments he was back on the money and was able to put together a perfect one-stop strategy to take the win.
The race was taking place on a blistering hot Sunday mid-afternoon. Still, Norris showed exceptional poise to work his way through the field and into contention, ultimately passing his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win. The two drivers proved to have a hard but fair battle, with Lando Norris fending off Oscar Piastri to keep the lead. The tension reached its climax as they approached the finish line. Norris just missed out on a crash with Piastri in an impressive display of competitive poise from both drivers.
He even ran 39 of those 70 laps on a single set of hard compound tires. An incredible display of tire management. His implementation of that strategy was masterful and it’s what drove him to victory. As a result, he trimmed Piastri’s overall Formula One points lead to a mere nine points. On the McLaren team radio, the team celebrated an impressive seventh one-two finish in only 14 races. What a fitting recognition of their incredible comeback story in the discipline!
Norris’s triumph came amidst a challenging race. The leaders passed him in the last six laps before the chequered flag. Even with that, he maintained his composure and was still goal-oriented to finish strong. Mercedes’ George Russell completed the podium in a lonely third. All the while, pole sitter Charles Leclerc ended up fourth.
Looking back at his winning track, Norris couldn’t hide his amazement at his winning formula.
“I didn’t think it would get us the win. I thought it would get us maybe into second.” – Lando Norris
The British driver weren’t the only ones to praise the intensity of race, with the winner admitting,
“I’m dead. I’m dead. It was tough.” – Lando Norris
