F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, FP3: latest practice updates and lap times
The McLaren is quite frankly miles ahead of any other car at the moment and even further ahead than it was at the start of the season. As it stands it will either be Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris who will take home the championship, their first in F1.
Piastri is the leading man after being a little bit more consistent and a little bit quicker over the first 13 rounds. Not by much – as is reflected by a fairly narrow 16-point lead – but by just enough. He has won six races to Norris's four. Both men have made small mistakes at times and are driving well. Max Verstappen is too far away to realistically consider him a title contender, as well as he has been driving.
Of course it was here last year that the Australian took his first win in F1, though it was not without controversy, with a lengthy team orders back and forth between both drivers and their race engineers. It soured his maiden victory a little. Will we see a repeat of that this year? He bounced back well in Spa with a race win from second on the grid last week, ending Norris' min-run of race victories.
It certainly looked like it will be one of the two McLarens winning the race after yesterday's running. We will, though, perhaps discover a little more in final practice which is coming up.
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