Lando Norris dealt harsh reminder after 'outsmarting' Oscar Piastri

Former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has dealt Lando Norris a harsh reminder, despite having "outsmarted" Oscar Piastri in the Hungarian Grand Prix. 

Norris started the Hungarian GP from third on the grid, whilst Piastri sealed a front row start in second. The Briton endured a terrible start, and dropped to fifth by the end of the first lap. 

By the time he had overtaken Fernando Alonso for fourth, the top three had built an advantage of several seconds. 

As a result, it triggered a strategic change by Norris' side of the garage, switching from a two-stop to a one-stop strategy. With the top three all completing a two-stop, Norris moved into the lead.

He faced the task of completing a huge stint on a set of hard tyres, whilst Piastri on fresher rubber chased after him. It resulted in a dramatic battle in the final laps, but Norris secured victory. 

It moved the 25-year-old to just nine points adrift of Piastri in the F1 drivers' title, setting up the final 10 rounds.

"I think he outsmarted [Piastri], or him and his engineer, fair play to him and his engineer and the strategist. They outsmarted Oscar," Steiner assessed on the Red Flags podcast.

However, whilst Norris reduced the gap to his team-mate, the title picture would look very different if not for one damning mistake. 

As highlighted by Steiner, Norris would be leading the championship by a point, had he settled for fifth behind Piastri in the Canadian Grand Prix, rather than crash into him and retire.

Steiner added: "Guess what, if Lando hadn't done his little mistakes... In Canada, if he would have been patient and stayed in fifth, guess where he would be? 

"Leading the world championship by I think a point, yeah. But, if and but doesn't give you a point. So, he made a mistake running into good old Oscar, and now he's still second, even if he had outsmarted him now in Hungary."