- Oscar Piastri denied his McLaren teammate in Hungary
- ‘I know it’s a big stretch … I’m ready to battle,’ says Norris
Lando Norris has insisted he is in the Formula One world championship fight with Max Verstappen and believes his McLaren team is well placed to take the competition to the wire, despite team orders denying him victory in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Norris’s teammate, Oscar Piastri, took his debut F1 win in Budapest with a superb drive, however the final third of the race was marked by McLaren’s team orders. When Piastri was leading the team had pitted Norris before the Australian, concerned that any problem at the stop may cost them a potential one-two. When Piastri then stopped, Norris took the lead on fresher tyres.