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Piastri slams "unacceptable" Sainz blue-flag incident, accepts McLaren strategy in Hungarian GP
AutosportJuly 26, 2026
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McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was hugely frustrated by being hit by a lapped Carlos Sainz in Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix, but saw no bones in McLaren's strategy.Piastri pitted from the lead for his second stop and was put into lapped traffic, behind Williams driver Sainz and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso scrapping over a position out of the points.As Sainz cut back to the racing ...