Live: F1 Hungarian GP updates

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With that, we'll call time on this live coverage of the Hungarian GP. Thank you for joining us and never fear, it is just a few days until the next race, the Belgian GP, on the 26-28 July. Until then, go well!

Norris leads the podium celebrations getting busy with the fizzy - and this time he doesn't accidentally smash the winner's trophy! All's well that ends well.

The Australian national anthem rings out at the end of an F1 race for the first time since the 2021 Italian GP... the last McLaren 1-2 and a race that also featured a Hamilton and Verstappen clash. (Norris was also second that day, too).

Here's the developing report on an enthralling Hungarian GP.

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the rest of the field at the start

Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

Piastri on waiting for Norris to let him by: "The longer you leave it, of course, the more you get a bit nervous but it was well executed by the team. I think it was the right thing. I put myself in the right position at the start and with the different strategy that we had. Yes, my pace probably wasn't as quick as I would've liked in the last stint but I was still in the right position to make it happen."

Piastri on his first grand prix win: "Very, very special. This is the day I dreamed of as a kid, standing on the top step of an F1 podium. Obviously a bit complicated at the end, but I put myself in the right position at the start. Thank you for the amazing effort from the team and an amazing car. It is a hell of a lot of fun racing for McLaren and I cannot thank them enough for giving me the opportunity to be in F1. To now be winning together 18 months in is an incredible feeling."

Norris on team orders to let Piastri back through: "The team asked me to do it so I did it. That's it." Short and sharp from the Brit.

Norris on the McLaren 1-2: "An amazing day for us as a team, that's the main thing honestly, I am so happy, it has been a long journey to achieving this on merit and that is exactly what we did today. A long way clear of the rest so we did it in style. A good one for the team and, of course, for Oscar, who got my off the line and he controlled the race well. It was coming at some point." 

Hamilton on his clash with Verstappen: "It wasn't nerve-wracking, when you saw the pace they closed the gap at certain corners you just laugh to yourself as it is not something that I can do, in the last sector they were very, very strong, like the McLarens. I saw him coming from a long way back and he was able to brake a lot later than me but he sent it up the inside, I stayed still, he clipped the wheel and went over. I think it was a racing incident."

Hamilton on third place: "A huge congratulations to McLaren on the 1-2, that is my old, original family so I am really happy to see the team back up at the front. For us today, the team did a great job on pushing on this car, ultimately we didn't have the pace of the McLarens or the Red Bulls but we just were able to hold on at the beginning at the race. It was very hard to hold on and make those tyres last. And that battle at the end, that was hair raising, but that is motor racing."

Norris, almost sheepishly, then takes the congratulations of the McLaren mechanics. It would've been even more awkward had he not followed team orders!

Norris is first over to Piastri to congratulate him on his maiden grand prix triumph, before the Australian hops out and punches the air before trotting into the arms of his mechanics.

"Well done, good 1-2, good load of points, well deserved," Norris says on team radio. "As we said this morning mate, many more opportunities," he's told by race engineer Joseph.

A seventh different winner in 2024! Hamilton's 200th F1 grand prix podium! Piastri's first grand prix win! Stats, stats, everywhere you look, stats!

Sainz takes sixth ahead of Perez, Russell and Tsunoda, as Stroll completes the points places.

Piastri wins the Hungarian GP to take his maiden victory! Norris takes second by 2.1s with Hamilton in third! Leclerc holds off Verstappen in fourth and fifth! Wow!

So, Norris effectively gives up seven points in the drivers' fight but he plays the team game. We won't know what bearing this will have on the drivers' title fight until December in Abu Dhabi at the final round of the season. But don't forget this moment.

Russell has the gap down to 1.5s but it won't be enough. Stroll might get past Tsunoda for P9, though.

"You don't need to say anything," Norris says after handing Piastri the lead and what is likely to be his maiden grand prix win.

Norris is told directly over team radio to swap positions with Piastri. He finally yields, as he slows down the main straight and allows Piastri into the lead of the race.

Russell to Perez is down to 2.6s now. It'll be a last-lap job if it happens.

The Verstappen vs Hamilton clash will be investigated after the race.

Norris gets his ultimatum from McLaren: "There are five laps to go, the way to win a championship is not by yourself, it is with the team, you are going to need Oscar and you are going to need the team."

Verstappen's Red Bull is made of strong stuff because he is still flying as he aims to reel in Leclerc once again.

Russell sets the fastest lap now as the gap to Perez falls again, it's less than four seconds now.

At the front Norris is refusing to yield to McLaren's demand to slow and let Piastri back into the lead. The gap is 5.7s.

Verstappen gets going but is down in fifth having lost a place to Leclerc. Both drivers appear to have minimal damage. The Red Bull driver was flung into the air and took a huge hit on the way down but he was never making that corner. It has been noted by the stewards.

Verstappen dive bombs Hamilton into Turn 1, locks up and bashes wheels with his rival!

On lap 62, Hamilton shows Verstappen the outside at Turn 2 and the Red Bull slides his tyres out of the corner. This one is kicking off too!

What does Norris do? Stamp his authority and ignore team orders at McLaren or play the team game and give up points in the title race?

The gap between Russell and Perez drops again, to around five seconds now. But how much of his tyres has the Mercedes driver used to do so?

Into the final 10 laps and Norris leads by 4.8s. The British driver is told both cars are using their tyres too much and race engineer Will Joseph says "remember, every single Sunday morning meeting we have." This is popcorn drama.

Norris is reminded to stop stressing his tyres, this time at Turn 4 and Turn 11, but he isn't yielding. Further back, Verstappen is 1.3s off Hamilton in the fight for third.

At the front Norris is still pushing on with his lead up to 4.2s and is told to look after his tyres and "we know you'll do the right thing" with regards to giving the lead back to Piastri. This is an unexpected dilemma for McLaren - give Norris the win in the fight for the drivers' title or enforce a swap and bank the same amount of points but hurt Norris' chase of Verstappen in the title race?

Russell is cutting right into Perez's advantage in the fight over P7. The gap is now 6.2s. Game on.

14 laps to go and Verstappen finally gets by Leclerc at Turn 1 for fourth and sets after Hamilton.

On lap 55 Verstappen has a look at diving by Leclerc at Turn 1 but thinks better of it.

Verstappen is a very grumpy driver. Almost as if he didn't get a full night of sleep due to taking part in a sim race until the small hours last night...

Russell makes his final stop and has to go to the hards as his only new option.

Can he pick up the 10 seconds he needs to get back past Perez?