Oscar Piastri wins Hungarian Grand Prix after team orders row with Norris

Oscar Piastri took his maiden grand prix victory in a McLaren one-two ahead of Lando Norris in a dramatic race in Hungary amid a heated row over team orders. Behind them, in a race full of see-sawing action, old rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided as they disputed third place. Both continued but Hamilton held on to third and the Red Bull driver, his race full radio messages peppered with swearing, dropped back to finish fifth behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

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McLaren’s Lando Norris pips Piastri to pole in Hungary

Lando Norris led Oscar Piastri to a McLaren one-two ahead of Max Verstappen in an action-packed qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris edged out his team-mate by 0.022 seconds and Verstappen by just 0.046secs in a session which featured changing conditions and two red flags for big crashes. That gives Norris his third career pole, and McLaren a first one-two in qualifying since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

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Russell takes pole as Mercedes lock out front row at Silverstone

Mercedes’ George Russell pipped teammate Lewis Hamilton to pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. McLaren’s Lando Norris did enough to see off the Red Bull of Max Verstappen to insure it will be an all British top three. Oscar Piastri will start from P5 in the other McLaren while Nico Hulkenberg produced a superb lap to qualify P6 for Haas.

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Verstappen on pole ahead of Austrian Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen put in an imperious performance to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris. Fresh from winning a fight with Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the sprint race earlier on Saturday, Verstappen beat the Briton by 0.404 seconds. Mercedes’ George Russell qualified third, 0.526secs behind Verstappen, after Piastri had a time that had put him third deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn Six.

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Verstappen beats McLaren duo in Austrian Sprint

Max Verstappen fought off an early onslaught from the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to win the sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix. Norris challenged Verstappen hard in the early laps before losing second place to Piastri as the Briton challenged the Red Bull for the lead on lap five. Norris came back at Piastri in the second part of the race but could not get close enough to mount an attack.

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