Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri got here dangerously near colliding throughout Friday apply on the Hungarian Grand Prix.
In the course of the dying moments of second F1 apply on the Hungaroring, Norris was exiting within the pit lane.
When leaving the pit lane, Norris locked up and practically collided together with his teammate driving by means of Flip 1.
It was a tense second for the 2 title contenders, separated by simply 16 factors on the prime of the drivers’ standings.
Piastri might lengthen his result in 23 factors with a seventh victory of the 12 months on Sunday.
Nevertheless, the momentum this weekend seems to be on Norris’ facet.
The British driver topped the 2 apply periods forward of teammate Piastri.
McLaren seem to have a dominant margin over Charles Leclerc, who ended each periods in third.
Reflecting on his session, Norris stated: “The automobile, because the first lap, felt fairly good. All of my laps had been respectable.
“This session was somewhat extra messy, on low gas and excessive gas, with just a few extra errors.
“Nevertheless it’s all part of apply and looking for the bounds in several areas.
I do know what I would like from the automobile but it surely is perhaps exhausting getting it.”
Piastri eyes enchancment
Not like at Spa-Francorchamps final trip, Norris appears to have a transparent tempo benefit.
Piastri topped apply and stormed to a dominant dash race pole place on the Belgian GP.
Whereas he misplaced out to Norris in major qualifying, he overtook his teammate to take the win.
“We needed to change just a few issues to make it higher however the efficiency was good,” Piastri defined.
“All in all, blissful. There are some issues to tidy up, it wasn’t the smoothest of FP2s. “However the underlying tempo is nice.”
Piastri’s maiden F1 victory got here on the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Norris was pressured to maneuver over for his teammate after McLaren by accident allowed him to steer the race.
Norris stopped earlier than teammate Piastri as they appeared to cowl Lewis Hamilton behind.
Sky F1 pundit Bernie Collins has tipped Norris to take pole forward of Piastri this weekend.
“Norris. I stated Piastri was the driving force of the 12 months and he’s performed effectively. However I feel Norris will do it,” she stated.
