Our LIVE Reaction to the Hungarian GP McLaren team orders 

Literally any other team: lead car gets dibs on pit stops first. McLaren: we prefer the unnecessary drama.

finishing 1-2 but still fumbling the race strategy is a real piece of art

Oscar is not at fault for this. Lando is not at fault for this. Mclaren caused this, and somehow made the most bittersweet 1-2 finish in f1 history

They should have pitted Oscar first and then allowed them to race on track, if Lando could overtake on track then so be it rather than team orders.

McLaren are seriously a contender to become more Ferrari than Ferrari themselves

Netflix rubbing their hand rn

As a big and long time McLaren fan, today was just... there's no excuse for it honestly. You can't blame Oscar or Lando for this one, this was 100% on the team for mismanaging the race. IMO, the only way this should've played out today was McLaren bringing in Oscar first on the second round of stops, pitting Lando the lap after and letting them race to the end, that way they both get a fair shot for the win and if Lando is able to catch Oscar then fair play he takes the win. Got to be the saddest and most bittersweet 1 - 2 finish in recent years, feel for both drivers as the team put them in an impossible situation today.

It's 100% another bad McLaren strategy call. They are just lucky the car is so good and Max was having a rough race.

This isn’t Oscar. This isn’t Lando. This is on McLaren strategy to step up and perform at the level their drivers and cars are

Those radio messages from Will Joseph to Lando were extremely uncomfortable to listen to. They felt so manipulative, and condescending towards both Lando and Oscar. I think both those drivers deserved the win today - but not like this. McLaren really messed up.

Oscar wasnt even happy when he came out of the car. How can they fk up this bad. They ruined his win.

That was the most uncomfortable race I've ever watched.

This is not racing!! It is manipulation,, How can Oscar enjoy his first win? The race was not at all enjoyable.

I would hate for my first win to have been handed to me like that. It's not fair on either Lando or Oscar. They both deserve better

For someone who just got their first race win, you’d expect Oscar to be screaming and cheering when he crossed the line, i guess it felt like he couldn’t savour the victory in that moment

Lando’s engineer with the top level blackmail. Respect.

Absolutely disgusting of Mclaren to put Norris in that position then treat him like that on public radio after the loyalty he's shown to that team through their terrible cars and strategy calls.

All of that could of been avoided if they put Oscar first since he was originally in the league. Norris has been catching the leader by seconds in the 2nd half of the last few races. I’m sure he would of been find fighting off Lewis had they put Oscar first

"So Lando, think abour Oscar's sad face." I said the same thing too 😅 EDIT: I'm glad you said it lad, Lando doesn’t deserve the hate he got from this.

As a McLaren fan I’m so confused. Love our drivers and team but this situation was so unnecessary and unsatisfying. Can’t believe this was a 1-2 finish for us because the vibe is off this week. Oscar and Lando are both excellent drivers capable of winning races on merit while having respectful competitive driving between them. Lets trust them and stop overthinking.

I thought this the entire time. Why pit lando first? There was never ANY risk of a Hamilton undercut.

McLaren literally has no idea how to manage the team on track. This whole thing is their fault. Should not have pitted Lando first. They kinda tainted Oscar’s win which sucks. Feel bad for both drivers.

End of year. Norris loses by 5 points. McClaren shows why they still arent ready for the bright lights

Both Lando and Oscar are champions material.Mclaren just keep ruining Oscars talent with tactics and stupid decisions.

100% teams fault. Understand landos frustration. The team put him in that situation.. if they pitted the lead car like they are meant to do they could've avoided the drama. Typical McLaren.

How to stink up a 1-2 with the most unnecessary team drama and fail at math. McLaren is wearing the Ferrari rainbow clown wigs now.

That radio is flying straight up to the top 3 of every future "Most embarrassing radio in F1" video ever.

Finished first and second and being the joke of the weekend, that’s a hard thing to do….

McLaren was an amazing joke today.

If Lando loses the title by 7 points he'll be fuming.

How have McLaren scored a comfortable 1-2 on merit and still looked like they've no idea what they're doing

Oscar seem to take NO joy in his first win because of the situation!

Glad you agree that the claim to cover Hamilton was BS. Lewis was nowhere near the McLarens. He was not a danger to McLaren’s 1-2. Btw, I couldn’t ask for your live reaction to the Verstappen-Hamilton collision, could I please?

I AM SO ANGRY.

Oscar deserved this. Interesting fact: last McLaren 1-2 also had an Aussie winner...

I'm convinced that Lando would have let Oscar pass sooner if he'd caught up to him or at least got somewhat near. But as the gap only got wider, I understand he'd be like "come on and earn it at least!" In the end, being in doubt about the right way to do for so long may have cost Lando the win, as it's possible he could have made a move if he'd slowed down after pitting. But who's going to slow down with Hamilton right behind you? Absolutely dreadful from McLaren and I feel like that should have been Lando's. And maybe also Oscar's, but because he should've pitted first not because he got handed the place.

Lando will leave one day and remember this day

they realised fucking one of the most liked drivers on the grid would be bad for business

Definitely brough up memories of multi-21 except the situation was completely created by Mclaren's poor strategy and communication rather than Seb's ruthless pursuit of being 1st. Even before things got interesting I kept thinking to myself why are they so concerned with what Lewis is doing? Right now this is definitely a team than is trying to not lose rather than one that is trying to win.

"WhO's GoNnA GiVe uP a ViCtOrY?!" While in a Ferrari shirt... As if Michael and Rubens never happened...

Oscar deserves the win... But Lando didn't deserve to have to do that.

McLaren needs a new strategist. Why the hell did they pit Lando first? Piastri does not want his first win this way. Both Lando and Piastri should want someone’s head to roll despite the 1-2.

No matter the outcome Lando was never going to be at fault. It was always going to be McLaren's fault. They caused it and they are to be blamed for this. They put Lando in lose/lose situation and destroyed their own reputation. Well done McLaren, you managed to finish 1-2 and fuck it up at the same time. Let's celebrate 1-2 by making the atmosphere toxic. Absolutely disgraceful

Take nothing away from Lando or Oscar, they both drove brilliantly and this would have been a 1-2 win that would have felt deserved regardless if it was Lando-Piastri or Piastri-Lando. This buffoonery is all on McLaren who should have known better!😖

Oscar being first on track gets first call on pits

Yuki said it first: “That’s weird”

What frustrated me is that as far as i can tell, swapping the cars literally only hurts Mclaren! Lando is in the running for the championship if Max faulters, with Oscar stuck in 5th place. And as far as the constructors championship is concerned, which car finishing ahead of the other is irrelevant... So from what i can gather, they did nothing of note besides costing Lando 6 points he might need by the end of the season for no other reason than making Oscar feel better. Just imagine Red Bull tanking in the final races, and Mclaren take the constructors championship with ease, but Lando loses the title to Max by 3 points or something like that...

Massive respect for Lando in this situation tho.

I really can’t believe maclaren messed up the strategy this much

This probably gave a lot of you flashbacks to Austria 2001 and 2002 when Ferrari told Barrichello to let Schumacher past for a win

Love how Mclaren literally threatened Lando's career over live radio when they wouldnt be in the position they are without his efforts over the past 5 years

I'd argue it was joint fault between McLaren & Lando - its bewildering why they felt the need to pit Lando first since even if Lewis undercut him, Lando would be on quicker tyres with a faster car and would have easily retook the place, but McLaren told Lando earlier on that they were free to race until the mid 40's (i.e. the 2nd round of pitstops), so the plan must have always been to hold station, and from immediately after the first ask Lando agreed he would let Oscar past once he closed the gap, almost as though it was pre-agreed that but then Lando was making it more difficult than it needed to be ... I'm quite glad we didn't have a repeat of 'Multi 2-1' because that could have collapsed their title charge

Can we just acknowledge that the 2024 season is something to be cherished - 7 different winners, Red Bull is emphatically not the fastest car at this stage, when not in Max's hands, they're 3rd best depending on the circuit. There are 3.5 competitive teams at the front (the .5 being split between Ferrari and Mercedes) - it may not be the title fight from 2021, but it is certainly something interesting to see/borderline similar to the 2009 season, where an early advantage won the season, but made 2010 a completely different story

Love Tommy putting his hands on his hips when he's hoppin mad 🤣

This is on the team. Leading car should always get preferential strategy.

mclaren must expect that norris will now be reviewing at those offers for the future.

This is why I just hate the concept of team orders. It never feels good to see the flow of the sport interrupted by a human need to have things their way. Also funny how this just does not happen in football or cricket simply because we recognize that it's not realistic. Driver's championship or not, a certain driver is ahead because that's how it worked out. Take it in stride and work on yourself as a team instead of making any one person in the team feel like they need to give up their moment for someone else. I feel bad for both Oscar and Lando.

I can't imagine being in the main grandstand, rooting for Lando's 2nd win, oblivious to the team radio drama, only to see him slow down heavily and give the win up with 2 laps to go.

I was so confused. When they pit Lando I said exactly what Tommy said here. What an absolute mess this so-called strategic call was.

The level of discomfort I experienced while watching this was in the multi-21 territory

The thing I don't understand on lando's part, now don't get me wrong, this entire situation could've been avoided by mclaren, but why would you let him through so late in the race. Either let him through when the gap is only 3 seconds with many laps to go for an overtake and still win the race, or don't let him through and let the team handle it. He could've won this race one way or the other, but he chose the one where he'd definitly come second...

They’ve screwed up so many wins for Lando and then gave him false hope at another win. McLaren is rotten for this. Both drivers deserve better.

As an Aussie and an Oscar fan, this felt so flat at 1am on a Monday morning

I love how the boys' narratives changed after the round of pit stops lol

Imagine the hate both drivers get for doing no fault at all, about their championship, about 1st win..... I don't understand how the driver ahead didn't get priority for pit stop, using "cover Hamilton" as an excuse

Lando saying he is proud to get this 1,2 on merit while smiling through the pain was genius.

All this talk of teamwork. Surely proper teamwork would be maximising both championships and having a 1-2 with the leading driver in the championship taking the 25 pts

THey mess up Oscar's pit stop and somehow it's Lando's fault and he has to step aside. Well, he now knows which way the wind is blowing as he considers his future.

Destroyed Oscars first win.

I feel gutted for all of them. This should have been the dream scenario going into the summer break and instead of carrying that good feeling, it just feels bittersweet. I really hope the momentum keeps up and the car is good enough for them to learn from and avoid this in the rest of the season.

If Lando loses to max at the end of the year by six or less points. He is going to kick Zak Brown and the whole rest of the team in the nuts.

Why does McLaren keep screwing over Oscar "I like to keep my options open" Piastri and where was Hannah Schmitz on Lap 16, on a coffee break?! 🤨

mclaren pulled the gaslight strategy. i wouldnt have liked to be in Landos position and i would make sure my voice was the loudest in the debrief.

Lando didnt spray his teammate on the podium. He went after Hamilton with the champaign

personally I wished Oscar would say on the radio: nah no thank you, this is not how I want my maiden win to be in f1

Can we have the live reaction for HAM/VER crash please.

First time I see something like this in 20 years, this reminds me of Multi 21 drama except Lando should have gone for the win like Seb did.

Glad to see everyone else is in the same mind as me. It is ridiculous that McLaren put either driver in this position. Oscar should be pitted the lap after to clearly show it is just covering or the same lap. The team care so much about a 1-2 but then get annoyed they did it wrong and ask Lando to fix it for them. Lewis wasn't even that much of a threat, they had bucket loads of time. Really disappointing to see this from a team that genuinely seemed to be on the right path. Hopefully they do not cause the next Hamilton-Rosberg pair with their terrible decision making.

Wonder if McLaren have hired strategy people from Ferrari haha

Lando should have put a couple of slow laps in, charging battery, cooling tyres/brakes/engine, allowed Oscar through where it would be advantageous to him, then challenged for and taken the victory. Instead he made himself and McLaren look extremely silly. I wondered if Lando had intelligence, my beliefs are being verified.

Thank you, I was reading the comments under the F1 posts and people hating on Lando like wtf Mclaren (emotional black mail), I had exact same reaction as you guys. Sad about Oscar he is very good and will definitely win more races but he clearly was not able to enjoy his first F1 win.

McLaren: has the best car. McLaren: qualifies P1 & P2. McLaren: discussing anything in advance? Why?

McLaren royally f-ed up. Oscar deserves a regular (first) win, not this tainted one. When he had legitimately gained time on Norris, it would have been kinda okay. But this was farcical. What if Lando is less than 7 points short in Abu Dhabi? They would’ve wasted a WDC.

It was McLaren's fault and Lando was the sacrificial lamb without his fault. Also, not Oscar's fault.

Imagine someone guilt tripping you while you’re driving 200 mph

Max and Lewis would never have given back position.

lead car has pit priority, McLaren forgot they are title contenders and still deploying midfield strategies

"You can't win the championship on your own. You're gonna need oscar and you're gonna need the team" The team just told Lando to throw away 7 easy points. How is that needing the team to win the championship? Lando was faster on track, he got pole position, so it's not like he didn't earn this win as much as Oscar, if not more. If this was near the end of the season and the championship was as good as gone, yeah, then I understand gifting Oscar this win, but now with half a season left still, Lando needs every point he can get to close the gap on Max.

Yeah, I was a bit more partial before, but after thinking about it a bit more, I do have to put it solely on the team for messing up the strategy for this one

Honestly, if I were Lando I would have said "Happy now?" after slowing down. McLaren have done Lando dirty

lol Tommy sure called it 😂 what a F1 intellect

Ok, so how many ex ferrari staff does McLearn have?

The comment about needing the team sounded like “nice second place in the WDC, it would be a shame if anything happened to it”.

Question for everyone in the comments, If max had dnf from that collision with Lewis, do u think McLaren would have orderd lando to give back the position?

If Lando wasn't so nice he could have punched a Mclaren big - wig after the ceremony

People blaming Norris for this are absolutely disgraceful.

That's the difference between Lando and the greats they would of just ignored team orders

Correct call. Imagine all the future times where lando needs oscars help and he's now gonna say ye sure instead of "remember Hungary"... I bet over the course of their partnership (op and Ln) lando profits from handing the place back.... It's a marathon not a sprint

VER being undercut twice by other team. PIA being undercut twice by his own team.

I hate people calling this "bittersweet" or anything like that. As a McLaren fan, its not sweet. It's just flat out out poor and sour from McLaren. They've ruined Lando's drive (clearly could've won that race on pace in the final stint, but bcs of mclarens strat, people will only see it as "he was ahead bcs of the stops" despite his significantly better pace in that final stint). He got given a chance to pass Oscar without losing time behind and absolutely smashed that opportunity out of the park. Once he got that lead he stepped into a grear Oscar couldnt. With bickering on the radio, emotional blackmail, vague threats and constant distracting on the radio, Lando still pulled over 4 seconds in 10 laps on Oscar despite having slightly older tyres. And that, has now gone completely unregistered and forgotten bcs of the contreversy. And arguably (if not: definetively) even more importantly, Oscar's first win was ruined. Now there's a slight air of "well Oscar was gifted that win by a Lando who was flying into the distance" and all of a sudden there's no excitement to it. He won, but was he ACTUALLY going to win if McLaren didnt fuck around? Did McLaren intervening with Lando actually prevent a more likely result? Obviously they should've pitted Oscar first, but if they had, Lando would've been on the slightly advantageous tyre at the end, and pushing the car to its best without bickering and distractions on the radio (which would only have improved his pace) and quite possibly ended up winning it? Not to mention the gap Lando pulled in 10 laps after the pit stops was twice as large as the gap they entered the pits with. Everything just feels dulled now. Lando quite possibly should've won that race now, bcs he got a slither of a chance to win and absolutely nailed it, and Oscar couldn't do anything to stop him. But Oscar's first 2 stints were probably some of his best tyre management stints he's ever put in, in F1. Its such a shame. Could've been simply: Lando and Oscar did great as a collective (regardless of who won). But McLaren's strat has made it: Lando and Oscar did great, but now Lando deserves the win just as much as Oscar but Oscar doesnt deserve such a shitty first win. It's ruined it honestly. I can't even describe it. As a McLaren fan, I'm ahamed. As a Lando fan I'm disappointed bcs my boy had the pace and the consistency. As a Oscar fan I'm devastated bcs the moment I've been waiting for, for 2 years, finally occurred and it just feels awkward and just unfulfilling. Awful feeling to have. No matter which angle you look at it, you can't find any reason to be thrilled with that result.