F1: Oscar Piastri wins Hungarian Grand Prix; Verstappen-Hamilton clash
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Oscar Piastri beats teammate Lando Norris for maiden Formula One victory after contentious team order drama at McLaren.
Oscar Piastri claimed his maiden Formula One victory when he finished ahead of his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, after a vexed radio argument produced an extraordinary finish to an incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix.
In a motorsports race of fluctuating fortunes and many quarrels on and off the track, the McLaren duo secured a comprehensive one-two on Sunday after starting from the team’s first front-row lockout since 2012, with Norris finally obeying team orders to hand his teammate his first career win.
Piastri, 23, won by 2.141 seconds with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton finishing third for Mercedes to claim his record 200th podium finish.
On lap 63, Hamilton survived a dramatic late collision with Red Bull’s three-time champion and series leader Max Verstappen, who flew off, but recovered to finish fifth.
Charles Leclerc came home fourth and Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz sixth, sandwiching a grumpy Verstappen, who was called to see the stewards to explain his collision with Hamilton.
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