When Oscar Piastri began his tenure with McLaren at the start of last season, the team looked lost in the midfield, well behind the top teams and mired in a battle for fifth in the constructors' championship. Now, less than 18 months later, McLaren is a force to be reckoned with and Piastri can call himself an Formula One Grand Prix winner.
The 23-year-old Australian earned his first win in F1 on Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix, inching past his teammate Lando Norris to secure a 1–2 finish for McLaren. Though the two drivers dealt with a particularly tense dynamic in the latter stages of the race, both capped off a dominant weekend in style and carved out a significant chunk of Red Bull’s lead in the standings. Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top-three, earning his 200th career podium and his third in the last four races.
