McLaren are bringing an upgrade to Hungary \u2014 the final race before the summer break.<\/p>\n
However, Piastri will not be in the car for Free Practice 1 as he makes way for back-to-back F2 and F3 champion Leandro Fornaroli.<\/p>\n
Italian Fornaroli, 21, has already had a session in the McLaren this season after he replaced Lando Norris for the first practice in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Now he will get another run in the MCL40 \u2014 including some fresh upgrades such as a new floor, aerodynamic improvements, and a \u201cmacarena\u201d or \u201cflip-over\u201d wing.<\/p>\n
F1 teams must dedicate at least four mandatory Free Practice sessions per year to \u201cyoung drivers\u201d \u2014 those with two Grands Prix starts or less.<\/p>\n
Piastri will return to the McLaren for the second practice session, but will have less time than teammate Norris to get up to speed with the changes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to driving the MCL40 in this weekend\u2019s Free Practice 1 at the Hungaroring,\u201d Fornaroli said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be another fantastic opportunity to continue my development with the car and build on the valuable work we completed together with the team in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
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\u201cEvery session is a chance to learn more, gain confidence and contribute to the team\u2019s program for the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been very busy in Woking over the past few weeks preparing this session in both the simulator to make sure I\u2019ll be ready as I can.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really grateful to everybody at McLaren for all the support they\u2019ve given to me so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get out on track on Friday, have fun and make the most of every lap to help the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli goes to Hungary in search of a seventh win from 11 races this season.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old leads Lewis Hamilton by 46 points, while Antonelli\u2019s teammate George Russell is a further five points adrift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri has been swapped out by McLaren for Friday\u2019s first practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[392660,392690,392658,392697,392701,355409,130065,392694,52486,392698,377450,392670,392657,392653,378596,392681,392665,392659,392703,392685,392682,392691,100594,392656,392661,937,392678,2071,392700,9663,13275,22616,83158,392669,392699,380919,392676,392687,392663,392655,39598,525,43,939,392692,62756,38311,1737,392652,392683,392671,823,913,392675,392696,44,386444,2333,25985,380883,7452,392664,392693,392672,392689,380897,381861,177343,377299,384090,384954,392677,392686,392662,392688,392679,392666,392674,117951,380907,392680,384968,392654,392702,315971,392673,22514,380519,392668,392684,379782,41,39,42,40,34224,392695,392667,1547,84247,377211],"class_list":["post-817246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-s-first-practice-session","tag-s-free-practice-1","tag-s-program","tag-s-teammate-george-russell","tag-11-races","tag-355409","tag-130065","tag-46-points","tag-4k","tag-a-macarena-or-flip-over-wing-f1-teams","tag-a-chance","tag-a-crash","tag-a-further-five-points-adrift","tag-a-new-floor","tag-a-session","tag-a-seventh-win","tag-aerodynamic-improvements","tag-all-the-support","tag-an-overtake-yet","tag-an-upgrade","tag-another-fantastic-opportunity","tag-another-run","tag-antonelli","tag-at-least-four-mandatory-free-practice-sessions","tag-back-to-back-f2-and-f3-champion-leandro-fornaroli-italian-fornaroli","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-now","tag-belgium","tag-both-the-simulator","tag-championship","tag-charles-leclerc","tag-confidence","tag-contact","tag-crucial-hungarian-grand-prix-testing","tag-every-lap","tag-every-practice","tag-every-session","tag-fornaroli","tag-four-time-champion-max-verstappen-fox-sports","tag-free-practice-1","tag-friday","tag-fun","tag-headlines","tag-hungary","tag-just-1-mclaren","tag-kayo","tag-kayo-sports","tag-lando-norris","tag-last-weekend","tag-less-time","tag-less-piastri","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-mclaren","tag-mercedes-driver-kimi-antonelli","tag-my-development","tag-news","tag-one-point","tag-oscar-piastri","tag-piastri","tag-qualifying-session-and-race","tag-search","tag-sixth-place","tag-some-fresh-upgrades","tag-tactical-move","tag-teammate-norris","tag-the-2026-fia-formula-one-world-championship-live","tag-the-aussie","tag-the-australian","tag-the-car","tag-the-changes","tag-the-drivers","tag-the-eighth-lap","tag-the-final-race","tag-the-first-practice","tag-the-hungarian-grand-prix","tag-the-hungaroring","tag-the-mcl40","tag-the-mclaren","tag-the-most","tag-the-only-place","tag-the-past-few-weeks","tag-the-second-practice-session","tag-the-shock-move","tag-the-summer-break-however","tag-the-team","tag-the-valuable-work","tag-the-weekend","tag-this-season","tag-this-season-the-19-year-old-leads","tag-this-session","tag-this-weekend","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-track","tag-two-grands-prix-starts","tag-woking","tag-year","tag-young-drivers","tag-your-first-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}