Tobia is a Formula 1 journalist at GPblog with experience at international circuits. Since 2022, he has covered Grands Prix across Europe, delivering reliable coverage and insights from the paddock.
While the on-track action may not have delivered much excitement during the Hungarian GP, George Russell certainly found a way to entertain fans after the race.
Although fans were loudly hoping for a wheel-to-wheel battle between the two McLarens for the win, the final outcome didn’t quite deliver on that expectation.
Credit goes to Lando Norris, who managed his tyres brilliantly and made the one-stop strategy work to perfection, while Oscar Piastri made a tentative attempt to dive down the inside at Turn 1 on the penultimate lap — but couldn’t make it stick.
A keen observer of the McLaren battle — albeit from a distance — was George Russell.
The British driver once again managed to extract the maximum from his car after a tough run of races for Mercedes, bringing the W16 back onto the podium, helped in part by the chassis issues Charles Leclerc experienced from mid-race onwards.
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George Russell
Russell hits the McLaren duo after the race
The British driver then stole the show in the cooldown room after the Grand Prix. While rewatching the race highlights — including the close moment between the two Papaya drivers — Russell took a jab that was as subtle as it was brutal, albeit clearly in a joking tone.
"Why didn’t you T-bone him?" he ironically asked, referring to Piastri. "That would have been great.''
The question triggered laughter from the two McLaren drivers, and the moment between the three quickly went viral on social media.
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