F1 Hungarian GP live commentary and updates – Race day

25 laps remain and Piastri has put 26 laps on those hards already...

Norris is now right on Russell's rear wing - but there's to be no battle because, at the end of lap 43, the Mercedes peels off into the pits.

That leaves Norris P2, 9.5s behind Piastri in P1.

Piastri is informed that he has a six-second margin to Gasly, who is P17 but running ahead on track.

Bortoleto and Lawson, the last of the hold-outs, pit.

"Box to overtake this lap" Piastri is told. The McLaren pit crew comes out... but Piastri doesn't pit. Too late for Ferrari - they've responded and brought Leclerc in.

Alonso now pits after 39 laps on those mediums. He emrges in P8 ahead of Hamilton.

Undercut on Leclerc or tyre delta to Lando? That's the menu laid in front of Piastri in terms of strategic choices.

Norris goes purple again. Russell is coming up to the battle between Colapinto and Tsunoda for 19th place.

George Russell is told that his pace is great. His response is to "let me drive" - that's because Norris is now 6.4s off.

Lando might have been closer but he has just dipped his left-rears in the gravel and been on the receiving end of a ticking off from Will Joseph.

Stroll now pits at the end of his 36th lap, emerging in P12 ahead of Alex Albon's Williams.

We're informed that the 'incident' between Verstappen and Hamilton at Turn 4 is under investigation.

Let the debate about axle position relative to apex rage! Will Laurent Mekies have to bring photos of the in-car feed to his post-race press conference?

Norris goes purple on his 34th lap. That brings him to 8.6s off Russell in P3.

Hadjar pits at the end of his 33rd lap.

That blisteringly fast stop means Norris comes out ahead of Alonso on track - advantageous for him.

Meanwhile Verstappen has made his way past Hamilton and Hadjar, into P9, and hung his hat on a 'Driver of the Day' nod in the fan vote.

Norris in at the end of his 31st lap, just as Leclerc was homing in. No spoiler tactics, then as he embarks on what is now a nailed-on one-stop.

1.9s pitstop so it's going to be trebles all round for the McLaren crew tonight.

Lando Norris, McLaren

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Bearman now pits at the end of his 30th lap. Hards for him.

The question now is what happens when the Leclerc-Piastri train catches Norris. We're currently on lap 31 and they will be on him at the end of this lap or during the next.

Verstappen past Hamilton into Turn 4 - it was a 'let me through or we crash' move which cause Hamilton to skitter over the run-off. This will no doubt have the fan community taking up their various cudgels and pitchforks...

Leclerc now chuntering on the radio that Ferrari is going to lose this race "because of these things". Whatever they are, they were supposedly discussed before the race.

At the start of lap 28, Norris's advantage to Leclerc is 6.2s. If he pits now he will definitely come out behind Russell, possibly Alonso, but certainly not sixth-placed Bortoleto unless he has a really slow stop.

Verstappen gets by Gasly for P12 and his next target is Hamilton's Ferrari.

Leclerc now 9.7s behind Norris so McLaren's options are narrowing. Meanwhile Russell is onto Alonso's tail and making heavy weather of passing the Aston Martin for P4.

George gets by at the beginning of lap 26.

Alonso is clearly 'extending' his first stint, as are the cars behind him - much to the vexation of Verstappen and the Red Bull strategists. Very few other midfield runners took the bait when Verstappen pitted and he's now stuck behind the people running long first stints.

Replays on the world TV feed now showing Verstappen pulling off another pass into Turn 6 to claim that 13th place, Nico Hulkenberg the victim.

That chasing pack has really splintered, what with the various pitstops. Bortoleto, Stroll and Lawson - yet to pit - are now lapping in a gaggle. Bearman in P9 is 6s behind Lawson and leading a train of his own - Hadjar, Hamilton, then a 2s gap to Gasly in P12, who has Verstappen on his tail.

Beginning of Lap 22, Piastri DRSs past Alonso into Turn 1.

At the current rate of progress, when Norris pits he will almost certainly emerge behind Russell and may also get stuck behind Bortoleto.

Leclerc passes Alonso for what's currently P2 until Norris pits.

Replays showing Leclerc locking his new right-front up on his out-lap.

Leclerc emerges just behind Alonso but with Piastri right on his tail.

A response from Ferrari and Mercedes – their mechanics are out in the pitlane, Leclerc locks his right-front tyres as he approaches the pitlane speed limit line. Russell now arrives in the pitlane. Both of them emrge on hards.

A McLaren comes into the pits at the end of lap 18 - but it's Piastri! Hard tyres. He emerges between Alonso and Bortoleto, P5 for now. A crunch lap (or two) to make progress while 'introducing' those tyres gently.

Alonso still making progress - catching Norris at eight tenths a lap. Norris says "my tyres are gone".

Verstappen pits at the end of lap 17. On go hards.

As we approach the pitstop phase for the leading group, Fernando Alonso has picked up his pace to the tune of over a second a lap!

Ocon and Albon pit at the end of lap 14 - hards for Ocon, mediums for Albon. Clearly a response to that move by Alpine. They emerge ahead of him in P18 and 19.

Next time around Sainz comes in to get off those softs. He emerges on hards. Net P17 ahead of team-mate Albon.

Colapinto pits at the end of lap 13 for him. He emerges on new hard-compound Pirellis - clearly a play by Alpine to pick up track position. He was gaining nothing by being stuck in that train.

Franco Colapinto, Alpine

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As we start lap 14, Norris has dropped out of DRS range to Russell to we wonder if some tyre and temperature management is going on, with a view to a potential undercut.

Hulkenberg receives notice of a five-second time penalty for jumping the start. This will displease him since he's almost up to the back of the midfield train.

VERSTAPPEN TARGETING ONE-STOP?

Interestingly (although we use this word lightly), Max Verstappen has dropped to 1.3s off Bortoleto in that train. Could he be into tyre-management mode for a potential one-stop?

"We need to get past Russell," race engineer Will Joseph tells Norris. Nil defecatum Sherlockium?