Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri got here dangerously near colliding throughout Friday follow on the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Throughout the dying moments of second F1 follow on the Hungaroring, Norris was exiting within the pit lane.
When leaving the pit lane, Norris locked up and practically collided along with his teammate driving by 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 might lengthen his result in 23 factors with a seventh victory of the 12 months on Sunday.
Nevertheless, the momentum this weekend seems to be on Norris’ facet.
The British driver topped the 2 follow 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 automotive, because the first lap, felt fairly good. All of my laps had been respectable.
“This session was somewhat extra messy, on low gas and excessive gas, with a couple of extra errors.
“But it surely’s all part of follow and looking for the bounds in numerous areas.
I do know what I need from the automotive but it surely could be exhausting getting it.”
Piastri eyes enchancment
In contrast to at Spa-Francorchamps final day trip, Norris appears to have a transparent tempo benefit.
Piastri topped follow and stormed to a dominant dash race pole place on the Belgian GP.
Whereas he misplaced out to Norris in primary qualifying, he overtook his teammate to take the win.
“We needed to change a couple of issues to make it higher however the efficiency was good,” Piastri defined.
“All in all, glad. There are some issues to tidy up, it wasn’t the smoothest of FP2s. “However the underlying tempo is sweet.”
Piastri’s maiden F1 victory got here on the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Norris was compelled to maneuver over for his teammate after McLaren by accident allowed him to guide 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 motive force of the 12 months and he’s carried out effectively. However I feel Norris will do it,” she stated.
