holding off team-mate Lando Norris in a tense McLaren one-two<\/a>.<\/p>\nA lightning start saw him seize the lead at Turn 1, and while strategy briefly dropped him behind Norris, team orders ultimately handed Piastri the position back with five laps to go \u2014 a move that frustrated Norris but sealed the win for the Melbourne driver.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the emotional aftermath, Piastri admitted the feeling was as much about relief as it was joy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfterwards there was a sense of pride, but also a sense of relief,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously a lot of hard work and sacrifice in some ways to get to that point, so that was really really special.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that the reality of the achievement didn\u2019t properly sink in until the following morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the morning after the first time I stood on top of an F1 podium was a pretty cool moment where I woke up and could go \u2018I\u2019m an F1 winner now\u2019,\u201d Piastri said.<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately after the race it feels kind of surreal, then you do the interviews and have the articles written or whatever and the social posts and stuff and it all kind of hits as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it kind of sunk in a bit more as time went on.\u201d<\/p>\n
The win was also a proud moment for Australian fans, both trackside and back home, with Piastri noting the strong support he felt throughout the weekend and the national pride that came with the result.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always nice hearing the Australian anthem and I feel like there\u2019s at least a few Aussies pretty much everywhere we go which is always nice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember very clearly in Budapest that there was a lot of Aussie flags, especially under the podium, which was really special.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the race would have finished at about 1am or 2am in Australia, so the die-hard fans were awake. My family was definitely awake!<\/p>\n
\u201cBut for the general public, I think they woke up to that news. So it was kind of a bit of a wave when I won immediately after the race, but then almost kind of a second wave when everyone woke up and saw the results.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was nice that I got to relive it twice a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the original trophy remains with McLaren, Piastri said he keeps a replica at his home, as well as some more personal mementos from the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor those that remember, I got given a five euro note on, I think, on the Thursday or the Friday of the weekend, which was quite a cool moment,\u201d he explained. \u201cI have some other things, been gifted a few paintings and other cool things.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never used that helmet again. So I have the helmet from that race weekend as it finished the race, the replica trophy and the five euro note.\u201d<\/p>\n
Piastri also admitted that his celebration, by F1 standards, was relatively quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t have a very exciting celebration,\u201d he said. \u201cI was flying back with a few other drivers, actually, Lando, Alex Albon, Jack Doohan, a few others, and our flight got delayed by about three hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we were sat in an airport for a long time, then had to fly into a different airport, so it was a three-hour drive back home. So I got home at 5am.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you just take the headlines and I got back home at 5am after my first win, it sounds like a great time, but it wasn\u2019t particularly exciting, but that\u2019s okay with me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did play Monopoly\u2026 so that was exciting!\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond the emotion of ticking off a lifelong goal, Piastri said what stuck with him most was the personal improvement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think probably the biggest thing from that weekend was firstly, ticking off a dream of mine and a goal of trying to win a Formula 1 race, but also, I guess away from that, just that it was a really good weekend,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially when I compare it back to Hungary in 2023. I was also very proud of the fact that the improvement that I\u2019d made from year to year.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s kind of one of the big things I took from that weekend, and just ticking off a dream that I\u2019d had since a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Piastri returns to Hungary this weekend having added a further seven wins to his tally \u2014 six of them coming this season alone \u2014 and enters the race as the world championship leader, 16 points clear of team-mate Norris.<\/p>\n
He said he was looking forward to the challenge of trying to win again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be cool going back to the scene of my first F1 win,\u201d Piastri said. \u201cBut I\u2019m sure once I\u2019m there, I\u2019m going to be very much focused on how I can try and win again, as you try and do every weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce the on track action starts, it\u2019s going to be about how we can try and repeat that result.\u201d<\/p>\n
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