Piastri’s Hungaroring Struggle | F1 News

Oscar Piastri at McLaren felt hamstrung during the Hungarian GP as he missed crucial early track time and only got to test new upgrades on Saturday, putting him behind teammate Lando Norris. While the team’s data-gathering strategy meant Piastri ran the older car, missing the first practice—where he had to hand over his car to a rookie—hit harder than the upgrade delay. Team boss Andrea Stella confirmed the real issue was lost track time, not the parts themselves, and vowed to rotate practice misses for future tests to keep both drivers on equal footing. Piastri’s next upgrade will come early, Friday, to help him catch up and feel confident for race day. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/bd9959b2460f26f2