McLaren drivers Piastri and Norris have gone down alternate strategy routes in back-to-back races. While in Belgium, Norris went for hard tyres as the track dried, compared to mediums for Piastri, at the Hungaroring, Norris made a one-stop strategy work versus Piastri’s two-stop. Both resulted in gripping battles for the win.

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Norris opted for a Hail Mary one-stop strategy when race engineer Will Joseph floated the idea mid-race. As the final laps unfolded, he had older tires and was racing in dirty air as they caught up to traffic with no DRS assistance. Piastri was quickly narrowing the gap, getting it within eight-tenths of a second with five laps to go.