F1 Hungarian GP LIVE: Race result and standings as Norris takes win over Piastri in thrilling finale

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Lando Norris held off a thrilling late charge from Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix and reduce his F1 world championship rival’s lead to nine points ahead of the summer break.

Norris was running in fourth place but benefited from stopping for tyres one fewer time than his rivals to land his fifth victory of the season.

The British driver took the chequered flag just six tenths ahead of Piastri, who went within centimetres of colliding with Norris on the last-but-one lap when he locked up his front-right tyre at the opening corner.

George Russell passed Charles Leclerc with eight laps to go to take the final spot on the podium. Pole-sitter Leclerc had to settle for fourth. Lewis Hamilton, who urged Ferrari to replace him after he qualified only 12th, finished in the same position, a lap down.

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F1 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - LATEST UPDATES

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F1 constructor standings after Hungarian GP

1. McLaren - 559 points

2. Ferrari - 260 points

3. Mercedes - 236 points

4. Red Bull - 194 points

5. Williams - 70 points

6. Aston Martin - 52 points

7. Sauber - 51 points

8. Racing Bulls - 45 points

9. Haas - 35 points

10. Alpine - 20 points

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Fernando Alonso, who finished 5th:

“The best result of the season, very important.

“Super happy and proud of the team. The track was friendly for us, we take one at a time, we executed a good weekend.”

(AP)

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F1 driver standings heading into the summer break:

1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 284 points

2. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 275 points

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 187 points

4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 172 points

5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 151 points

6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 109 points

7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 64 points

8. Alex Albon (Williams) – 54 points

9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) - 37 points

10. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 27 points

11. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 26 points

12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 26 points

13. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) – 22 points

14. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 20 points

15. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 20 points

16. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 16 points

17. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) – 14 points

18. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) – 10 points

19. Ollie Bearman (Haas) – 8 points

20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 0 points

21. Jack Doohan (Alpine) – 0 points

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Max Verstappen after finishing 9th:

“No one was really sure if we touched or not, we didn’t touch.

“From my side, very difficult weekend, very low grip, not much we could make out of it.

“It’s a fully open discussion between everyone. It’s complicated to explain - this weekend, nothing worked. In Spa, we had a much more competitive weekend. We’re not on the level of McLaren, this is a bit weird for us.”

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Oscar Piastri on one-stop strategy:

“We thought a two-stop was the best thing to do and in clean air it potentially was, but vs dirty air it’s a different story. It’s easy now to say a one-stop was the way to go but a second difference, we’d be saying something different.”

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Ollie Bearman on race retirement:

“We managed to run in P10 for the first stint, but I was really clinging on the whole way. I was really struggling with the feeling of the car, and I had massive oversteer throughout.

“It progressed in the second stint, picking up some damage somewhere because we saw a big drop in loads, and by that point, it was clear that we couldn’t finish the race. It’s disappointing as we had a decent qualifying and opening lap today, but from there I wasn’t looking forward, I was looking behind.

“We need to understand why that was the case because in the last few races I’ve been feeling really good in race trim, but this weekend it hasn’t been the case.”

Bearman said it was the best his Haas car has ever felt (Bradley Collyer/PA) (PA Wire)

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Leclerc was given a five-second penalty for moving under braking here

The five-second penalty didn’t have any impact on Leclerc finishing fourth...

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RACE REPORT: Lando Norris holds off Oscar Piastri in thrilling finale to Hungarian Grand Prix

Lando Norris held off a thrilling late charge from Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix and reduce his F1 world championship rival’s lead to nine points.

Norris was running in fourth place but benefited from stopping for tyres one fewer time than his rivals to land his fifth victory of the season.

The British driver took the chequered flag just six tenths ahead of Piastri, who went within centimetres of colliding with Norris on the last-but-one lap when he locked up his front-right tyre at the opening corner.

George Russell passed Charles Leclerc with eight laps to go to take the final spot on the podium.

Full report below:

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George Russell on finishing on the podium:

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Lewis Hamilton after finishing 12th:

On Verstappen incident: “I don’t really remember it to be honest.

On his comments after qualifying, asked to expand: “Not particularly.

“When you have a feeling, you have a feeling. there’s a lot going on in the background which is not great.

Does he love racing anymore? “No, I still love racing.”