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Bulls struggle in HungaryRead the full Race Report below.

MaxhadtosettleforninthplaceattheendofafrustratingHungarianGrandPrix,whileYukicrossedthelinein17thplace.LandoNorriswontheraceforMcLaren,beatingteam-mateOscarPiastriandthird-placeMercedesdriverGeorgeRussell.

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At the race start, polesitter Charles Leclerc got away quickest and the Ferrari driver stormed into the lead ahead of Piastri who was battling with team-mate Norris. The British McLaren driver dived to the inside but his path was blocked by his Australian team-mate and that allowed Russell and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso to sweep past through the opening corners, dropping Norris to fifth.

Further back, Max’s start from P8 was fractionally slow and the Dutchman was passed by Visa Cash App Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson. However, it wasn’t long before the champion was on the move and after sweeping past Lawson on lap two, he dismissed Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll on the following lap to rise to seventh place. By lap four he was all over the back of Gabriel Bortoleto’s Sauber, but the Brazilian was within DRS range of Alonso and that allowed him to negate Max’s own DRS assist and keep him at bay.

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To counter the DRS train, the Team tried to undercut Bortoleto and on lap 18 Max peeled in for his first stop. The champion bolted on hard tyres and came out in 16th place.

As a tyre strategy battle at the front of the pack ensued, Max continued to make progress and on lap 30 the Dutchman attacked Lewis Hamilton into Turn 5. The Ferrari driver appeared to go wide and Max powered through to take ninth place.

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A clutch of top-10 one-stoppers at last headed for the pit lane and Max briefly moved up to fifth. That prompted a suggestion from GP that the Team was considering leaving the Dutchman on track to the end on his ageing hard tyres but that proved impossible and Max would later pit for a final set of hard tyres, before returning to the track in P9.

At the front, Russell then made his final stop and Piastri at last pitted on lap 46. He bolted on hard tyres and emerged 12 seconds behind race leader Norris and 4.8s behind Leclerc.

On lap 52, Piastri powered past the Ferrari to take P2, 8.2s behind Norris who was on far older hard tyres.

With 10 laps remaining, Norris sat just 2.8s clear of Piastri who was lapping half a second quicker than his team-mate. Behind the top two, Leclerc was struggling and in the closing stages he was passed by Russell who sealed P3 ahead of the Ferrari who was also penalised for moving under braking as Russell passed.

It was now all about whether Piastri could use his tyre advantage and greater pace to get past his team-mate. Even though he got inside DRS range of the Briton in the final laps, Norris was able to use his battery to keep Piastri at bay in the DRS zones and hold on to take the win.

Behind the top four, Alonso took fifth ahead of Bortoleto, Stroll and Lawson. Max was left with P9 and just two points at the end of a tough and frustrating weekend. The final point went to Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.

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At the back of the field, Yuki started his race from pit lane after overnight changes and he was quickly past the other Sauber of Nico Hülkenberg to take P19 and when Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, Williams’ Alex Albon and Haas’ Esteban Ocon all pitted around 14 laps in, the Japanese driver climbed to 15th. However, after his own first stop of the race, Yuki couldn’t make progress on soft tyres as damage to his front wing limited his pace. As the race unfolded, half the field were stuck to a one-stop race and the Japanese driver ended up lodged in 17th place, where he later crossed the line.