A FURIOUS Lando Norris was forced to give up the second Formula One victory of his career after he followed a McLaren team order to allow Oscar Piastri to win a controversial Hungarian Grand Prix.
A mediocre getaway from pole position at the Hungaroring saw Norris drop behind team-mate Piastri.
But he was handed an apparent lifeline by McLaren when they pulled him in for his second tyre change two laps earlier than his team-mate.
The undercut propelled Norris into the lead, and he held a five-second advantage over Piastri.
However, the Englishman faced a barrage of orders from his race engineer, Will Joseph, to give the place back to Piastri despite his pursuit of Max Verstappen for the world championship.
Norris slowed down on the main straight with three laps remaining to allow Piastri to take the lead.
“You don’t need to say anything,” he said over the radio. Norris finished one place clear of Lewis Hamilton, with Charles Leclerc fourth and Verstappen fifth.
Hamilton collided with Verstappen on lap 63 of 70 as they duelled for third place with Mercedes accusing the Dutchman of “arriving out of control”.
The ‘cheap one’
Pearson and Moyes are the ones they should be going for. Experienced in the premiership and at getting the most from limited squads
Ya, get in an inexperienced foreign manager with no experience of the EPL or relegation battles. The club is in crisis, points total is already nearly fatal. Need a specialist in the Allerdyce/Pulis mould, unfortunately both are unavailable. Moyes is the right candidate, been there before with Everton, will keep things tight and stop shipping so many goals. And learn from previous appointments, and no long term contract.
newcastle and mcclaren, premiership experience stands for nothing, it’s all about getting the team to work as a team and playing for each other on the other hand look at bilic and the job he’s doing at westham, no premiership experience and they’re flying it.
sweet jaysus if Rodgers comes we need to head for Kansas Toto
Delighted Sherwood is gone.