McLaren will rue their decision in Hungary if Lando Norris narrowly misses out on th🐠e F1 title, Damon Hill ins𒁃ists.

McLaren ordered race leader Norris to allow his teammate Oscar Pia💟stri through in the final laps of the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, a decision which h🐻e eventually complied with.

Piastri𒀰 had earlier been leading but swapped places with Norris after differing p🌌it stop strategies.

Norris’ initial frustration was soon waylaid but he sits 78 points behind champ♎ionship leader Max Verstappen.

Ex-F1 champion Hill tol♎d the F1 Natܫion podcast: “If they don’t win the championship this year with Lando, they miss out on a few points, they will look back at Hungary and think ‘why did we do that?’”

Tom Clarkson disagreed: “If they lose the 𝓀drivers’ championship by seven points or less, I don’t think they can look at Hungary as ‘we gave it away’.

“They could look at aꦓll the other races where they had pit stop issues, or where the car wasn’t performin✤g.

“I really believe you cannot isolate one moment. Norris lost the Hungaryꩵ Grand Prix at the start, he was gifted the lead, they then corrected that situation, they had discussed it before and Lando had agreed.”

Norris won his first F1 grand prix this season in Miami and was on cour𝓰se for a second in Hungary, before allowing teammate Piastri to win for the first time.

'Reason' cited for Lando Norris errors

Clarkson asked: “Is the reason Norr💃is is making the mistakes because of pressure from his teammate? Is it one of the reasons, at least?”

Hill a🌠nswered: “I think there’s something in that. Lando has e👍njoyed the status of being the person in McLaren who provides results and gets them excited.

“He was the man. Now we’ve gotඣ Oscar who is equally t🌺he man!

“I still think ൩Lando has the edge but it can’t be comfortable when you look over your shoulder and you’ve out-qualified your tea✅mmate by only a tenth of a second.

“It means that every time you go to do a lap you need to get꧒ every bit, otherwise you’ll be behind him.”

Clark⛄son said: “I think McLaren’s focus is the constructors' championship.

“I think Lando’s peaks at the moment areꦆ higher than Oscar’s. But we see peaks and troughs from Lando while, increasingly, we get a level trajectory from Oscar. “

Hiꦉll said about Piastri: “He is showing himself to be a gradual learner. He is building bit by bit, getting stronger and stronger.

“The race win is a boost to his confidence and self-esteem, and the effect on others around him. You can no longer look at him 🅘as hopeful. He has calmness, coolness.”