Norris delivers strategic masterclass to win Hungarian GP
Lando Norris has surged to a strategic victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, overcoming a late challenge from teammate Oscar Piastri to deliver McLaren their 200th win in Formula 1.
4 Aug 2025
Ben Waterworth
Speedcafe

The British driver executed a one-stop strategy to perfection after dropping down the field off the start, finishing just 0.698s ahead of Piastri for his fifth win of the season. Piastri reeled in Norris at a rapid rate in the closing laps after opting for a two-stop strategy and emerging 12 seconds behind. He gained more than half a second per lap on his teammate across the final 20 laps.

As the Aussie got within DRS range, he had three looks into Turn 1, including a late lunge that caused him to lock up significantly with two laps to go, receiving a warning from his team to remember “how we race” in the process. Despite the speed advantage and fresher tyres, Piastri was unable to get past, settling for second place and helping McLaren to a fourth consecutive 1–2 finish—their first such run since 1988.

‘Strategic masterclass’;

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F1 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix – Race Results.
Norris took victory at the F1 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix to lead a McLaren 1-2 at the Hungaroring
3 August 2025
John Smith
Total Motorsport

F1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2025 Results
Check out the full F1 Hungarian GP 2025 race results from the Hungaroring below.
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Lando Norris McLaren Leader
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.698
3 George Russell Mercedes +21.916
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +42.560
5 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +59.040
6 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +66.169
7 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +68.174
8 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +69.451
9 Max Verstappen Red Bull +72.645
10 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +1 Lap

‘Race Results’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/f1-...-race-results/


Leclerc apologises to Ferrari as mysterious issue robbed him of certain win
3 Aug 2025
Norberto Mujica
GPblog.com

Charles Leclerc's Hungarian Grand Prix did not end as wel as it started, as a mystery chassis issue struck past the halfway mark of the race, stripping him of the race win. At first Leclerc believed that the nature of the problems in his Ferrari SF-25 were due to a different factor, this prompted a rather angry statement expressed via the onboard radio during the race.

After the race, speaking to the likes of GPblog, the Monegasque cleared the air: "Well, first of all I need to take back the words I said in the radio," began Leclerc. "I thought that it (the issue, ed.), was coming from one thing, but then I got a lot more details since I got out of the car, and it was actually an issue coming from the chassis and nothing that we could have done differently," clarified the Ferrari driver who went on to finish P4 in the race.

"I started to feel the issue in lap 40 or something like that, and then it got worse, lap after lap after lap," revealed Leclerc. "Towards the end, we were two seconds off the pace. And the car was just undrivable. But I mean, again, as I repeat myself, this was an issue, and it's an outlier. It shouldn't ever happen again."

‘Mysterious issue’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/lecle...of-certain-win


Oscar Piastri reveals how he missed his ‘best chance’ to overtake Lando Norris and win the Hungarian Grand Prix
3 August 2025
Shay Rogers
F1 Oversteer

Oscar Piastri fought valiantly in pursuit of first place at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but fell short by just seven tenths of a second. Speaking after the race, Piastri admitted that he felt the ‘best chance’ he had to beat his teammate was only if he had made a mistake.

“I think I needed to be at least a couple of tenths closer, which was going to take a mistake from Lando to achieve that,” he said in Formula 1’s official post-race interviews. “I felt like that was going to be my best chance. You never want to try and save it for the next lap and then it never comes, so I thought I would at least try, and not quite.”

‘Oscar Piastri fought valiantly’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/osc...an-grand-prix/


Hungarian GP: Norris wins as FIA launch investigation over Verstappen, Hamilton incident
3 Aug 2025
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com

Lando Norris won a slow burn at the Hungarian Grand Prix as the Briton’s one-stop strategy took on Oscar Piastri’s two-stopper to set up a late-race fight between the title protagonists.

Chasing down Norris, Piastri tried to attack but Norris defended perfectly to hold off his team-mate as the McLaren drivers claimed the team’s seventh 1-2 of F1 2025. George Russell joined the McLaren drivers on the podium.

‘Norris wins’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/hungar...25-race-report


Brundle claims Piastri 'will be seething' at McLaren after the race for this reason
3 Aug 2025
Tobia Elia
GPblog.com

Martin Brundle commented on Lando Norris’s victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix and Oscar Piastri’s missed opportunity, suggesting that the Australian lost the race because McLaren focused too much on Leclerc during the first half of the race. According to Martin Brundle, Oscar lost the victory because McLaren focused too much on Charles Leclerc in the first half of the race, who then fell away after the second stint. Meanwhile, Norris paradoxically had an easier time strategy-wise after a poor start.

''Oscar will be seething with that,'' he told via Sky Sports after the race. ''Remember the two radio calls. Pit to undercut Leclerc. They were busy strategising to beat Leclerc.' 'Norris didn't have that problem as he was out of the picture and came in 13 laps later and changed strategy.”

“The great irony is by not being in that fight with the Ferrari at the front they had more freedom and took it.' But he still had to deliver that pace for that amount of time on those tyres. Oscar will be asking why didn't we do that. Why have we two stopped and been beaten by our team-mate who one-stopped?"

‘Brundle claims Piastri 'will be seething' at McLaren’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/brund...or-this-reason