Norris gives up Hungarian GP win to Piastri as Verstappen and Hamilton collide · RaceFans

Oscar Piastri was allowed through by team mate Lando Norris under team orders to claim his first career grand prix victory in Hungary.

Piastri became the 115th grand prix winner after leading the majority of the race until the final stint.

Norris undercut his team mate by pitting earlier, putting him into the lead. Norris appeared to resist calls from his team to let Piastri by until he eventually did so with three laps remaining, allowing Piastri to win his first grand prix.

Lewis Hamilton claimed the final podium position in third, but is under investigation for a clash with Max Verstappen in the later laps.

At the start, Piastri managed to get up the inside of his pole-winning team mate on the run to turn one and reached the apex with Norris alongside him. Verstappen was also outside of Norris had to run off track as they rounded the corner, but the Red Bull accelerated and emerged ahead of Norris into second place.

Verstappen was encouraged by his team to hand back the position to Norris, which he did at the start of lap four. Piastri led his team mate through the early laps, until Lewis Hamilton became the first of the leaders to pit for hards at the end of lap 16, which caused McLaren to bring Norris in at the end of the next lap.

Piastri pitted from the lead on the next lap, emerging ahead of his team mate. Red Bull kept Verstappen out until the end of lap 21, meaning he rejoined behind Hamilton in fourth place. Piastri reclaimed his lead and continued to head his team mate, but lost three seconds of his advantage by running wide at turn 11.

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Despite closing under two seconds of the leader, Norris was unable to get close enough to challenge. Eventually, McLaren called in Norris at the end of lap 45 for a second set of mediums, before Piastri pitted for the same two laps later.

Piastri emerged behind his team mate, who had undercut him with his earlier stop. Norris inherited the lead when Verstappen pitted, but was then asked to allow Piastri back into the lead when it was “convenient” for him to do so.

Norris continued to lead as his advantage over his team mate grew. Despite repeated pleading from race engineer Will Joseph to obey the instruction to allow Piastri to pass, Norris appeared reluctant to do so. Eventually, with three laps to go, he pulled aside on the pit straight and slowed to allow Piastri back into the lead with three laps remaining.

Piastri completed the final laps to…