Hungarian F1 Grand Prix 2024 Results: Oscar Piastri Wins; Max Verstappen Finishes 5th

For the first time, Oscar Piastri is standing atop the podium.

Piastri won the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, passing teammate Lando Norris late in the race for his first career Formula 1 victory. Norris, in a good bit of sportsmanship, seemingly allowed Piastri to pass him rather than attempting to block him late in the race.

Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen rounded out the top five.

Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen rounded out the top five. Verstappen remains overwhelmingly dominant in the points standings, but he has already lost more races in 2024 than he did in all of his historic 2023 campaign. This is the first stretch of three straight races without a win for Verstappen since 2021.

Of course, everything is relative. Verstappen has seven wins and no one else on the circuit has more than one this season. Barring something unforeseen, he's going to run away with his fourth straight F1 championship, becoming the fourth driver all time to win four straight.

As Hamilton's time with Mercedes winds down, he appears to have recaptured his groove. Hamilton has appeared on the podium in three of his last four races and hasn't finished worse than fourth since the Montreal Grand Prix.

Piastri is in just his second season with McLaren and is a victor at age 23. He finished second on two other occasions this season, so he'll undoubtedly be thrilled at capturing his first championship.

Norris, who remains second in the points standings, started on the pole but had a worse car than Piastri throughout the race. This is his fifth second-place finish of the season.

It will be interesting to see if there is any tension between Norris and Piastri in the coming weeks after Norris initially balked at letting his teammate pass him late.

"The way to win a championship is with the team. You're going to need Oscar; you're going to need the team," Norris was told over the radio during the race.

In the end, Norris ceded his lead and Piastri got his first triumph. That said, having surrendered the points a victory would have gotten him, it's fair to wonder how Norris feels about the situation.