Norris stayed out longer than the leaders and opted for a one-stop strategy, a move which paid off. He ended up fighting fellow McLaren driver Oscar Piastri for the win, a battle which featured the two contenders for the drivers' title.

In Austria, Norris blitzed the field in qualifying, but had to resist multiple attacks from Piastri during the race. And at the Hungaroring, Piastri used his fresher tyres (on a two-stop strategy) to rapidly reel in the Englishman before running out of laps.