Piastri dudded by team strategy

Formula 1 fans were left seeing red after Aussie Oscar Piastri was dealt a brutal blow by his own teammate Lando Norris, as his title lead was cut into at the Hungary Grand Prix. Norris suffered a horror start to the race, slipping down to fifth place, but a decision to go with a one‑stop strategy paid off for the British driver as he secured his fifth win of the season. Piastri hunted his teammate down in the final laps but couldn’t get past him, missing out on the top spot on the podium by just 0.7 seconds. Norris, 25, has now cut Piastri’s world championship lead to just nine points. Piastri had pitted early in an attempt to undercut pole‑sitter Charles Leclerc, but the strategy left him with a mountain of work to do late and raised questions about McLaren favouring Norris. Behind the McLaren duo, Mercedes’ George Russell secured the final spot on the podium, with Ferrari’s Leclerc falling to fourth. Piastri was left frustrated by the team’s tactical decisions, and the race highlighted the ongoing rivalry between the two drivers.