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What Lando Norris said to Lewis Hamilton in the cooling room at the Hungarian GP

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What Lando Norris said to Lewis Hamilton in the cooling room at the Hungarian GP

A somewhat awkward exchange took place between Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton in the cooling room before the podium at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was caught on camera.

Hamilton had finished third behind Norris, who himself was baffled at being asked to give way to team-mate Oscar Piastri to win his first grand prix on Sunday – the Australian having already led the vast majority of the race before a strategy call went in Norris’ favour, but cameras caught an apparently slightly tense conversation between the two Britons after they emerged from their cockpits on Sunday, which has since circulated on social media.

Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris’s cooling room exchange caught on camera ahead of Hungarian GP podium

Hamilton, sitting on a chair as Norris entered the room, said to the McLaren driver: “Phew, you’re fast.”

At that point, Norris replied: “You had a fast car seven years ago…”

Hamilton replied: “Seven years ago? A long time ago. Were you here seven years ago?”

Norris, now in his sixth season in the sport after joining the grid in 2019, replied: “Yeah, well you had a fast car, you got the best out of it, and now it’s us.”

Mercedes driver Hamilton, apparently slightly confused by Norris’ response, then said: “I wasn’t complaining, I was just complimenting your car.”

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The pair were eventually joined by race winner Piastri, with the three then dissecting the key moments of the afternoon’s race – with some intense drama occurring at the Hungaroring on Sunday.

Norris had inherited the lead when McLaren made him stop before his team-mate to ensure he covered Hamilton behind him, meaning Norris had the advantage over Piastri to take the lead in the final stint.

After several team orders to allow the Australian to come back, with Piastri leading every lap after taking the lead from his McLaren team-mate at Turn 1 on Sunday, Norris finally relented with three laps remaining to hand his colleague a first victory.

Asked if he would be more selfish in the future, he said: “It depends. I mean, I’ve been doing this for… I don’t know. I think I was put in this situation and it’s not my fault that I was ahead of the race in a way.”

“The team should have just boxed Oscar first and we wouldn’t have even had this discussion. So, that’s not it. I think as a team maybe we could have done things a little bit differently and I’m sure we’ll talk about that.

“But at the same time… This guy (Piastri) deserved to win today. He did an incredible job. He got me off the ground and it’s a very special feeling, to win his first race and I say first race because I think you will agree that it’s his first race win and not a Sprint win.

“So yeah, I’m going to let him enjoy it for us as a team, and to get the win is an incredible weekend for all of us.”

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