Lando Norris has expressed his delight after beating Oscar Piastri and George Russell to win the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Briton was too quick for the rest of the grid and has now boosted his chances of securing his first ever Formula One title.
Norris, speaking to Sky Sports, admitted he felt 'dead' following the day's actions.
But the McLaren star was pleased to secure his spot on the top of the podium, with Norris hailing the 'perfect result'.
Lando Norris has expressed his delight after beating Oscar Piastri and George Russell to win the Hungarian Grand Prix
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"I'm dead. I'm dead. It was tough," he said.
"We weren't really planning on the one-stop but after the first lap it was kind of our only option to get back into things.
"The final stint with Oscar catching I was pushing flat out.
"Rewarding even more because of that. The perfect result today.
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"I didn't think it would get us the win, I thought it would get us maybe into second.
"I knew if I had clean air and could push I could maybe make things work and that's what we did.
"It always is a bit of a gamble these kind of things. It also requires no mistakes, good laps, good strategy and that's what we had today.
"We're so tightly fought it's hard to say if momentum is on anyone's side.
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Lando Norris beat Oscar Piastri and George Russell to win the Hungarian Grand Prix
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"It's tough but fun racing against Oscar. Credit to Oscar he put up a good charge and I just about held on."
Piastri, who finished as the runner-up, was pleased for his team-mate despite his own title hopes suffering a blow.
"I pushed as hard as I could," he said.
"After I saw Lando going for a one-stop, I knew I was going to have to overtake on track, which is much easier said than done around here.
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"It was a gamble either way. Today, unfortunately, we were just on the wrong side of it.
"The team did a great job, the car came alive in the second half of the race.
"The car's been great all weekend. Thank you to the team."
When asked if he should waited for the last lap to attack Norris, the Australian added: "I think I needed to be at least a couple of tenths closer which was going to take a mistake from Lando to achieve that.
Oscar Piastri could only finish second during Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix
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"I felt that was going to be my best chance.
"You never want to try and save it for the next lap, then it never comes, so I thought I would at least try...not quite."