Lando Norris defies Oscar Piastri in breathtaking finish as Charles Leclerc victory bid collapses in fury

Lando Norris defied Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix in a thrilling finish between the McLaren drivers.

At the start, Norris had dropped down to P5 behind Charles Leclerc, Piastri, George Russell and Fernando Alonso, but was quickly able to pass the Aston Martin but not the Mercedes of Russell. 

It meant he was switched onto a one-stop strategy to try and create an off-set to Piastri, who was engaged in a fight for the lead with Leclerc.

Piastri stopped on lap 19 in an unsuccessful undercut on Leclerc, with Norris finally stopping on Lap 31, with Piastri staying on the two-stop, pitting again on Lap 46. 

It meant Piastri would have to pass Leclerc and Norris to win the race, with Leclerc easily dispatched as his race fell apart.

Piastri carved great chunks out of Norris, lunging on Lap 68 at Turn 1 but ultimately fell 0.698s  short of his team-mate at the flag.

It means Norris cuts Piastri's championship lead to just nine points heading into the summer break after scoring the 200th victory for McLaren in F1 having completed 41 laps on the same set of hard tyres. 

Russell finished third after overtaking Leclerc with eight laps to go, with the Ferrari picking up a time penalty for an excessive move whilst defending. 

At the start, Leclerc held the lead from Piastri, with the fast starting Russell and Alonso muscling past Norris, who slipped to fifth. 

The Briton quickly passed Alonso with DRS on Lap 3, but more forward progress was not possible, with Leclerc holding about a three-second lead over Piastri as strategy questions arose.

Piastri pitted to try the undercut on Leclerc on Lap 19, but the Ferrari comfortably held position after replying next time around as Norris began to consider the one-stop. 

After taking the lead through the stops, Norris stayed out until Lap 31 to build an offset, switching to the hards and rejoining in fourth. 

Leclerc pitted again on Lap 40 in a McLaren dummy after calling Piastri in, with Piastri stopping on Lap 46, leaving him the Ferrari and sister McLaren to pass to win. 

He quickly dispatched Leclerc who branded his car "undriveable", leaving him 19 laps to make up 8.9s. 

Piastri carved away, but ultimately fell 0.6s short as Norris took his ninth career win and McLaren's 200th win in F1 as Russell completed the podium. 

Leclerc was fourth, ahead of Fernando Alonso, Gabriel Bortoleto, in a career-best sixth, Lance Stroll in seventh, Liam Lawson in eighth, Max Verstappen ninth and Kimi Antonelli in 10th. 

Verstappen investigation

Verstappen's ninth place is under investigation following an incident with Lewis Hamilton midway through at Turn 4.

Verstappen barged past the Ferrari, who was on the contra-strategy of a hard-medium. 

Hamilton finished 12th, behind Isack Hadjar, with Nico Hulkenberg, Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly rounding out the finishers.

Only Ollie Bearman retired, on lap 48 having sustained major rear floor damage.