Piastri puts McLaren's strategy under scrutiny and plans to have discussion

McLaren left the Hungarian Grand Prix questioning whether its strategy gamble had been a step too far, after Oscar Piastri conceded that the team’s decision to split approaches may not have been the best way to challenge Charles Leclerc for victory.

While Piastri stuck to the original two-stop plan, Lando Norris attempted a bold one-stop strategy that ultimately put him in a position to take risks his teammate could not afford.

Speaking after the race, Piastri explained the thinking.

“I think we had to try and do something to beat Leclerc because it wasn’t obvious that we just had enough pace to blow past him and go and win that way.

"So we tried something. Was it the right thing in the end? I don’t know.

"But it’s always much easier when you’re the car behind to take that risk.

"For Lando, there was virtually nothing to lose by trying a one-stop race. For myself, potentially there was.”

'We'll look back and see if there was anything we could've changed'

The Australian clarified that McLaren’s baseline approach had always been a two-stop, with the one-stop only surfacing as the race developed.

“It wasn’t even really discussed that much before the race,” he admitted.

“So it was certainly a gamble. A two-stop was always the plan, and we’ll look back and see if there was anything we should have done differently.”

Both drivers are the sole realistic contenders to the Drivers' title, with a 9-point gap separating leader Piastri, from pursuer Norris. In Zandvoort the 2025 F1 championship will resume and with it, the F1 championship fight.