Overview
- Lando Norris claimed his ninth career victory at the Hungarian GP, delivering McLaren its 200th Formula 1 win with a fourth straight one-two finish alongside Oscar Piastri.
- Norris’s single-stop pit strategy outpaced Piastri’s two-stop approach on the twisty Hungaroring, underscoring McLaren’s strategic edge.
- McLaren extended its constructors’ championship lead to a commanding gap before the season’s mid-point summer break.
- Oscar Piastri kept his slim drivers’ championship lead but saw his advantage cut to nine points as Norris closed in.
- Charles Leclerc’s surprise pole position didn’t translate into a podium finish amid chassis troubles, and Lewis Hamilton’s Q2 exit sparked public self-criticism.