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 almost collided along with his teammate driving by way 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’ aspect.
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 mentioned: “The automotive, for the reason that first lap, felt fairly good. All of my laps had been respectable.
“This session was a bit extra messy, on low gas and excessive gas, with a couple of extra errors.
“However it’s all part of apply and looking for the boundaries in numerous areas.
I do know what I would like from the automotive nevertheless it is likely to be onerous getting it.”
Piastri eyes enchancment
In contrast to 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 a couple of issues to make it higher however the efficiency was good,” Piastri defined.
“All in all, glad. 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 compelled to maneuver over for his teammate after McLaren unintentionally 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 mentioned Piastri was the motive force of the 12 months and he’s achieved effectively. However I believe Norris will do it,” she mentioned.
