Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri got here dangerously near colliding throughout Friday observe on the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Through the dying moments of second F1 observe 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 high of the drivers’ standings.
Piastri may prolong his result in 23 factors with a seventh victory of the yr on Sunday.
Nonetheless, the momentum this weekend seems to be on Norris’ aspect.
The British driver topped the 2 observe classes forward of teammate Piastri.
McLaren seem to have a dominant margin over Charles Leclerc, who ended each classes in third.
Reflecting on his session, Norris stated: “The automobile, for the reason that first lap, felt fairly good. All of my laps have been first rate.
“This session was a bit of extra messy, on low gas and excessive gas, with just a few extra errors.
“Nevertheless it’s all part of observe and looking for the bounds in several areas.
I do know what I need from the automobile however it may be laborious getting it.”
Piastri eyes enchancment
Not like at Spa-Francorchamps final day trip, Norris appears to have a transparent tempo benefit.
Piastri topped observe and stormed to a dominant dash race pole place on the Belgian GP.
Whereas he misplaced out to Norris in important 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, comfortable. 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 unintentionally allowed him to steer the race.
Norris stopped earlier than teammate Piastri as they seemed 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 yr and he’s carried out properly. However I feel Norris will do it,” she stated.
