‘I pushed as hard as I could’ – Piastri concedes overtaking Norris ‘easier said than done’ as he takes P2 in Hungary

Oscar Piastri admits that overtaking Lando Norris was always going to be "much easier said than done" as he had to settle for second in the Hungarian Grand Prix, with his Drivers' Championship lead trimmed to just nine points.

The Australian came just fractions away from adding another victory to his tally for the 2025 campaign ahead of the summer break, having closed a 12s gap to leader Norris in the closing stages.

With fresher hard tyres courtesy of a two-stop strategy as opposed to Norris' one-stop, Piastri directly challenged his team mate in the final three laps but had to settle for second.

"I pushed as hard as I could. I think after I saw Lando going for a one [stop], I knew I was going to have overtake on track, which is much easier said than done around here," said Piastri.

"I tried a few things, it was a gamble either way, and today unfortunately we were just on the wrong side of it. The team did a great job, the car really came alive in the second half of the race, and the car’s been great all weekend – thank you to the team. I’m looking forward to a couple of weeks off."

Piastri looked to move into the lead over the final laps primarily at Turn 1 and came just inches away from hitting his team mate having locked-up on the penultimate lap.

But the Australian admitted that he was never realistically close enough to pass around a circuit where overtaking proved difficult all day.

"I think I needed to be at least a couple of tenths closer, which was going to take a mistake from Lando to achieve that," said Piastri.

"I felt like that was going to be my best chance. You never want to try and save it for the next lap and then it never comes, so I thought I would at least try. Not quite."

Piastri found himself behind Norris having made an early first stop after being stuck behind polesitter Charles Leclerc in the opening phase.

Having been unable to undercut the Ferrari driver, Piastri eventually moved ahead after both had made a second pit stop but fell short of repassing Norris on the alternative strategy.

"Yes and no," said Piastri when asked if he was surprised Norris had opted for a one-stop strategy.

"At that point he didn’t really have much to lose. It wasn’t a huge surprise. I don’t know if trying to undercut Leclerc was the right call in the end, but we can go through it after."