NORRIS WINS THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX FOR MCLAREN'S 200TH IN F1

The final race before the F1 summer break and it's round fourteen of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, a race often dubbed as Monaco without the barriers, a tight track with tricky corners and one you need to master for a good race and Norris certainly mastered it this weekend. With this win keeping him within eight points of title leader and teammate, Oscar Piastri who finished second ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell, who is on the podium for the first time since his victory in Canada.

It was pole sitter Charles Leclerc who got away well and lead into turn one with Oscar Piastri in second and George Russell up to third with Fernando Alonso in his Aston Martin, who had found some pace compared to last weekend in Belgium, into fourth and Lando Norris down to fifth after a difficult start off the line.

With ten laps gone in this race it seemed like a dream for Charles Leclerc who was showing good pace in the Ferrari holding a two second gap to Piastri in second.

This race was similar to last weekend at Spa, where the action happens in the pit lane rather than on the track...

After eighteen laps Piastri pitted from second to try to undercut Leclerc. Piastri comes back out in fifth, behind Alonso and ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto who has started to show what he can do in F1 machinery.

On the very next lap Leclerc pits from the lead with Russell pitting from second. With Leclerc rejoining out ahead of Piastri.

McLaren took the decision to go for a one stop strategy with Norris who pits for the first time in this race on lap thirty one and from the temporary lead meaning Leclerc takes back the lead of the race. Piastri is second with Russell third. Norris rejoins in fourth.

On lap fifty two Ollie Bearman became the only retirement of this race as the Haas driver was forced to retire with rear damage.

The final move of importance in this race came eight laps to the end on lap sixty two as George Russell passes Leclerc for third and the final podium position. In a race that started brilliantly and ended like a nightmare for the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

The next race is Dutch Grand Prix.

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