Oscar Piastri makes Aussie F1 history as fans left raging over 'horrible' Daniel Ricciardo move

Oscar Piastri has made F1 history for Australia at the Hungarian Grand Prix on a day of incredible drama for himself and compatriot Daniel Ricciardo. Piastri became just the fifth Australian to win an F1 race, joining Ricciardo, Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Mark Webber.

But it didn't come without controversy and confusion, after McLaren ordered teammate Lando Norris to yield for Piastri late in the race so the Aussie could win. In extraordinary scenes, Norris refused to follow team orders for nearly 20 laps and looked like he was going to grab the victory for himself.

But he finally relented after a tetchy back-and-forth with McLaren officials on team radio. Norris reluctantly complied and made way for Norris after a series of increasingly fervent messages suggesting he would be seriously risking team harmony if he took the chequered flag first.

Piastri had controlled Sunday's race after grabbing the lead on the first turn from pole-sitter Norris, but after leading for much of the race, Norris was handed a huge lifeline when McLaren pulled him in for his second pit stop two laps earlier than Piastri. It effectively gave Norris the lead, and he held a five-second advantage over Piastri until the team told the British driver he should give the place back to the Aussie "at your convenience".

Lando Norris initially refused to let Oscar Piastri win

But Norris didn't want a bar of it and race engineer Will Joseph kept imploring him to give back the place, only for Norris to say: "Well, tell him to catch up, please." Joseph later said: "I'm sure you'll do the right thing. Just remember every single Sunday morning meeting we've had..."

He then told Norris, "I'm trying to protect you...", before later asserting "there are five laps to go. The way to win a championship is not by yourself, it's with the team. You're going to need Oscar and you're going to need the team." With three laps left he said: "Please. Do. It. Now!"

Norris eventually slowed up, allowing Piastri to go past on the 68th of 70 laps at the Hungaroring circuit. It meant the Victorian won his first Grand Prix after four previous podium finishes and a victory in a sprint race in Qatar last year.

"It's very, very special. This is the day I dreamed of as a kid, stepping to the top of an F1 podium," Piastri said. "Obviously, a bit complicated at the end but I put myself in the right position at the start, and thank you to the team - an amazing effort."

Asked if he felt Norris would eventually give the place back, Piastri added: "The longer you leave it the more you get a bit nervous - but it was well executed by the team. I put myself in the right position. Yes my pace wasn't as quick as I'd like in the last 10 laps, but I was still in the right position to make it happen. To have won after 18 months with the team feels amazing."

Daniel Ricciardo 'screwed over' in 'horrible' scenes for Aussie

The day of triumph for Piastri came in complete contrast to that of Ricciardo, who felt he was dudded by his team's strategy. Amid new speculation he might be in line to replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull in a mid-season move, Ricciardo was desperate to finish in the points in Hungary.

But he got completely screwed over by his team's strategy, finishing 12th after starting in ninth spot on the grid. Ricciardo started the race on medium tyres, but was inexplicably ordered to pit on the seventh lap when a number of other drivers on soft tyres did so.

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Ricciardo spent much of the first half of the race in 16th spot as a result, while teammate Yuki Tsunoda was left out on track much longer and went on to finish ninth. “Why they pitted me when they did at the beginning, we followed the soft cars in,” Ricciardo said after the race.

“They've just come in, we have a clear track, and we decided to get behind them and put ourselves in a DRS train. I mean, I've had a lot of races and I've had a lot of frustrating races, but that's up there. We had the pace and we basically gave Yuki the race that we had in front of us, and we both could have done that, and we didn't.

"As soon as I'm pulling in the pits I'm questioning it, but you can't [do anything about it]. You get called in Turn 13 and you have to react. We talk about strategies and that, but two cars jumped us at the start with a soft tyre. That's fine, let them go. They pit and we follow them to then just be on their strategy.

“We would have had clear air and a chance to - I think from what I understand - do Yuki's race. Honestly, I was expecting more. On the in-lap I was waiting for ‘Sorry, we f*cked up', and I didn't get it. That made me even more angry.”