Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
McLaren departed the Hungaroring with a massive win, but the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix wasn’t exactly a straightforward afternoon for the papaya garage. While Lando Norris stormed to his first victory of the season, teammate Oscar Piastri endured a far more frustrating Sunday that culminated in a heartbreaking late-race gearbox failure.
However, the major talking point surrounding McLaren’s weekend wasn’t the mechanical DNF—it was the pit wall strategy that allowed Norris to execute a crushing overcut and leapfrog Piastri in the first place.
Speaking to Sky Sports F1 in the paddock following the podium celebrations, McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella vehemently defended the team’s tactical decisions, brushing off any suggestions that the strategy was unfairly stacked against the Australian driver.
The Backmarker Bottleneck The race-defining tactical split occurred during the second…
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