Lucky, lucky, Lando. Not that world champion Norris was other than often the fastest hound in the Hungarian Grand Prix and should have won it on his own.
But he was helped, first, by a bizarre incident befalling his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri handing him the victory chance his pole position deserved and his poor opening lap, sorry, did not.
This first of two pivotal moments in Norris’s triumph came on lap 38 when Piastri, who had pitted for a second time, was trying to make progress back into the lead. Williams’ Carlos Sainz – the villain of the piece – was
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