F1 Hungarian GP live commentary and updates – Race day

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Piastri is a cool customer but he looks like a man who's just received his eighth pointless email of the day from LinkedIn.

A solid P5 for Fernando Alonso. Pre-race he said he hoped to hold on to his starting position at the very least. Job done!

Also a great job by Bortoleto to bring his Sauber home in sixth. Stroll just behind him in seventh, with Lawson and Verstappen in close attendance. 10th, and a lap down, is Antonelli.

In the post-race interviews Norris says "the one-stop was our only option to get back into things".

Russell crosses the line 21.2s behind, secure in P3 because Leclerc fell off faster than Richard Chamberlain in The Towering Inferno in those closing laps, even before his penalty was applied.

George Russell, Mercedes

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Radio silence from Piastri as Stallard accentuates the positive, telling him he raced well and reminding him that he's still in the lead of the championship.

That's it now provided Norris doesn't blunder.

At the beginning of the final lap, Piastri has another look at Norris at Turn 1 but sagaciously calls it off.

5s penalty for Leclerc for "driving erratically".

"Remember how we go racing," Tom Stallard tells Piastri.

At the start of lap 69, Piastri lunges up the inside into Turn 1 but locks his front wheels and narrowly avoids biffing his team-mate.

21s further in arrears, George Russel is secure in P3 with 10.4s in hand now to Charles Leclerc.

Two laps to go and Piastri gets close on the run to Turn 1, but no cigar.

Both McLarens have cleared that traffic and it's a straight-up fight for the win. Piastri has a 14-lap tyre delta over his team-mate.

Further back, it's a Gasly business as Pierre is penalised for contact with Carlos Sainz's Williams.

Lap 66 of 70 and Piastri has DRS on Norris.

Leclerc under investigation for that move at Turn 1.

Norris complaining that traffic has ruined his race. Well, dare we venture that the tyre delta has done that but the Hamilton-Hadjar-Antonelli traffic might just be about to administer the coup de grace.

Russell complaining that Leclerc moved under braking at Turn 1 when they began their 61st lap. 

At the start of lap 62 Russell tries again, Leclerc squeezes him, but Russell gets by on the inside.

Russell gets on the team radio to complain again and uses a naughty word, thankfully obfuscated lest the FIA president clutch his pearls.

Piastri continues to shave Norris's lead by half a second or more per lap, so he will likely be on his tail by the end of lap 63.

Russell has now arrived in Leclercland and is giving the Ferrari's rear wing a thorough examination.

Ahead of Norris, Hamilton is now within DRS range of Hadjar, who is 1.2s off Antonelli. Norris is shortly to arrive on the scene of this ding-dong.

10 laps to go and the gap between the two McLarens is 3.47s.

Verstappen is still P9 and right on Liam Lawson's rear wing - where he has been for the past few laps.

The 'incident' between Verstappen and Hamilton earlier on, by the way, will be investigated after the race - which means both drivers will be summoned to the stewards before a verdict is reached.

Hamilton, Hadjar and Antonelli coming up next for the leaders. Hamilton actually lapping up to a second faster than those cars ahead of him so this will be an interesting scenario. Norris and Piastri reeling him in at around half a second per lap, so they will be there in four laps or so.

Last time around, Piastri was half a second faster than his team-mate.

5.5s the gap between the McLarens with 14 laps to go and nothing on track between them now Piastri has cleared Gasly and Ocon.

15 laps to go and both McLaren drivers have been informed of light rain at the north end of the circuit.

Norris now has Hamilton (P12) ahead of him on track. He has 6s in hand over Piastri, a gap which includes Ocon and Gasly.

RANTATION

"It's a miracle if we finish on the podium" harrumphs Leclerc down the team radio. "You just have to listen to me, I would have found a way of managing those issues."

Someone who hasn't been paying attention now posts a question in the Haas WhatsApp group asking why Bearman retired.

If only they'd been reading this live feed.

One less job for the leaders - Bearman retires. He has been complaining that his car is "broken" and was told rear-end damage had shifted the aero balance.

PIASTRI GOES BY LECLERC

That's for net position - Piastri outbrakes Leclerc to go around the outside into Turn 1 at the beginning of lap 51.

Oscar Piastri, McLaren

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Gasly is next up for Norris to pass, since Hamilton – whose mediums are just six laps old – has gone past the Alpine.

Verstappen pits at the end of his 48th lap. He emerges P9, just ahead of Antonelli's Mercedes - but Kimi is on 27-lap-old tyres.

After Bearman, Norris must contend with Hamilton, Gasly, Ocon, Sainz and Hadjar, then Antonelli. Leclerc and Piastri now 2.9s apart and closing in on Hulkenberg and Tsunoda.

Masses of traffic for the leading group to cut through now. Norris has got by Tsunoda and Hulkenberg (P18/P19), now he's got ALbon ahead of him, then a brief respite before Bearman.

Verstappen now P5 on 28-lap old hards.

Piastri pits at the end of lap 45. That puts Norris in the lead. Another 1.9s stop for the McLaren crew.

Piastri emerges P3, 5.3s behind Leclerc and 6.5s ahead of Russell.

Piastri was almost 2s slower than Norris on lap 44.