Stella on pitting Piastri first in Hungary
McLaren boss Andrea Stella said the team prioritised pitting Oscar Piastri ahead of Lando Norris in the Hungarian Grand Prix because Piastri had taken the lead “in a fair manner” and McLaren needed to cover the undercut threat from Lewis Hamilton. Stella said: "Up until the time Oscar pitted, Oscar had gained the lead in a fair manner in Turn 2, so he deserved an opportunity to try and win the race. If you look at the race, you will see that when Hamilton pits, he is in a position to undercut the two McLarens, so we needed to respond because that was the right way to take the car to victory. Oscar was in the lead, and we thought that he was the right car to stop for that."
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Lindblad on advising Lawson over Hungarian GP strategy
Arvid Lindblad said he could “smell” that the Hungarian Grand Prix was going to be a two-stop race and that his view helped team-mate Liam Lawson switch from a planned one-stop strategy on the way to eighth place. Lindblad said: "I don't know what Liam was asking, but I was saying I think it's going to be a two. So maybe I helped him out. Even before the race, I was telling them that I think it's going to be a two… I could feel before the race; I just smelled it… then it's 20 degrees hotter [for the race], and I just don't feel that these tyres are very good when it gets hot."
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Lawson on Verstappen's Turn 1 move in Hungary
Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson said Max Verstappen’s move to pass both him and Lewis Hamilton at Turn 1 in the Hungarian Grand Prix was “a good move”, even though it cost Lawson time. Lawson said: "I was just trying not to get in the way and be too much involved. I wasn't getting lapped, so I didn't have to let them go. I didn't expect him to go by. Obviously, I saw the late lunge. It ended up costing me so much time behind them, which at the time was a bit stressful, but it was a good move."
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NOT A VERY FUN FACT - Driver #81 Oscar Piastri suffered a DNF at his 81st GP weekend (Hungary 2026)
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World champions that have won a GP race in 2026
🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton
🇬🇧 Lando Norris
World champions that haven't won a GP race in 2026
🇳🇱 Max Verstappen
🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
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🚨 Most laps led by a Mercedes driver over last 5 years:
Kimi Antonelli after 11 GPs in 2026: 303
Lewis Hamilton after 22 GPs in 2021: 297
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
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🚨 Lando Norris now needs only 2 more podiums to equal Lewis Hamilton's total number of podiums for McLaren
Lewis Hamilton - 49
Lando Norris - 47
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🚨 Best Q3 rate in F1 history
Max Verstappen - 90.16% (220/244)
Oscar Piastri - 90.12% (73/81)
No one else is above 90%
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🚨 Max Verstappen has been responsible for Red Bull's last ...
🛞 26 poles
🏆 29 podiums
🥇 34 wins
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Piastri on his sarcastic McLaren radio in Hungary
Oscar Piastri said his sarcastic McLaren team radio at the Hungarian Grand Prix was down to being "very, very pissed off". Piastri said: "In the moment, I was upset that I lost the lead of the race through no fault of my own, and I felt maybe the team could have not pitted Lando if it was a two-car race. But I know it's not a two-car race. So that's happened; it's fine. I was just very, very pissed off in the moment about what happened."
Oscar Piastri reflects on McLaren team radio sarcasm: 'I was just very, very pissed off'
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Epstein on COTA staging a stand-in F1 race
Circuit of the Americas chief Bobby Epstein said the Austin circuit would be willing to stage an extra race if Formula 1 needed a stand-in because of possible cancellations in the Middle East, although he believes it would be difficult to organise another event close to its scheduled United States Grand Prix. Epstein said: "We'd have to see... I don't think logistically, you can put that together in such a short back to back with our U.S. Grand Prix. But I would say... If it helped F1, we'd be here to do that."
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