McLaren v.s. McLaren – The two McLaren drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, have been closely competing since the start of this season in Australia and it was no different in Hungary. Piastri was ahead of Norris the whole beginning of the race but what determined the winner in the end came down to strategy. If Norris did the traditional strategy, the one Piastri did, he probably would’ve finished second. But since he is battling Piastri for the championship he needed every point he could get. Because of this, he chose to take a risk and do a one stop instead of a two stop, like most drivers did. In the end this gamble paid off and he beat Piastri. Though if there had been just a couple more laps it is likely Piastri would’ve passed Norris for the win.
Aston Martin’s Great Performance – After having an underwhelming first half of the season most were surprised when Aston Martin got both their drivers in the points this weekend. They had a great qualifying for both cars, making it into Q3 and then managed to execute a good race. Fernando Alonso finished best of the rest in fifth while Lance Stroll finished a bit behind in seventh.
Notable Drivers in Hungary – Some other drivers who deserve credit are Gabriel Bortoleto and Liam Lawson. Bortoleto, a rookie, did an amazing job qualifying and out-performing his teammate, Nico Hulkenberg, who has been in F1 for many years and has been a little behind on qualifying pace lately. Bortoleto finished seventh in Q3 and in the race he went for the one stop, like Norris, managing to pull it off and finishing sixth. Meanwhile Lawson finished eighth in the race. He managed to finish ahead of Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda, who both race for Racing Bulls’ senior team Red Bull. Recently, Lawson appears to be getting more comfortable with the RB car during the last few races and it showed in Hungary.
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