“Extraordinary” team radio as McLaren make demands to Lando Norris
"The way to win a ch♌ampionship is not by yourself,” McLaren tꦚold Lando Norris
McLaren’s team orders to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris were labelled “extraordinary” by Martin Brundle at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix.
༺Norris eventually succumbed to his team’s demands to alꦑlow teammate Oscar Piastri to overtake with two laps remaining.
P♎iastri went on to win his maiden F1 grand prix but the words exchanged between Norris and his bosses weꦗre in the spotlight.
After Piastri pitted, new race leader Norris🍬 was calmly told via team radio: "We want to re-establi🌃sh the order at your convenience.”
On Lap 51 of 70, with Norris 3.5s ahead and leading the race, Piastri was told: "Once you get to L🅰ando, we will swap the positions. But we want to avoid Lando giving up a lot of race time.”
Over the next few laps, Norris maintained 🐭his lead and showed little indication that he was willing to concede the victory to his teammate.
"You should have pitt🐼ed him first,” Norris snapped 𓆏on Lap 54.
His race engin☂eer replied: "I know you'll do the right thing."
Sky Sports’ Martin Brundle insisted McLaren would fac🌠e “a major issue” and “a breach of trust” if Norris did not comply with orders to let Piastri pass.
With eight laps to go, Norris was tol🎃d via his radio: "Just remember every single Sunday morning meeting w🔜e have…”
With six laps left, Norris’ lead was up to almost six sec𝐆🐠onds.
"Lando,🅠 ꧃he can't catch you up,” he was told by his race engineer.
ꦆ“You've proved your point. And it really doesn't matter.”
He was told with four laps left: "The ꦺway to win a championship is not by yourself.
“You're g꧋oing to need Oscar. And you're going to need the team.”
With two laps left, Norris final😼ly slowed down and alღlowed Piastri to go through. Norris finished second, Lewis Hamilton third.
It means tha𓄧t Norris - who won his first F1 grand prix in Miami - has narrowly mis𒉰sed more wins in Austria, Silverstone and now Hungary.
“The team asked me to, so I did it,” were Norris’ first words in parc ferme about M𒊎cLaren’s team order.
Piastri said: "The longer ♔you leave it of course, ♐the more you get a bit nervous.
"It was well-executed by the team, and yeah, I think it was the right thing. I put myself in the right position 🍸nat the start.
"With the different strategy we had, yes my pace was probably wasn’t as quick as I would have liked i🍬n the last stint, but I was s𓃲till in the right position to make it happen. So yeah, well executed from the team."
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spo🤪rts, to football, to F1.
