Oscar Piastri nabbed his maiden win and Lando Norris followed to finish off a dream result. Plus, a battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen went too far.
When Oscar Piastri began his tenure with McLaren at the start of last season, the team looked lost in the midfield, well behind the top teams and mired in a battle for fifth in the constructors' championship. Now, less than 18 months later, McLaren is a force to be reckoned with and Piastri can call himself an Formula One Grand Prix winner.
It’s been a long time coming for McLaren since Norris won his first F1 race in Miami in May. What followed has been a series of “almosts” highlighted by five-straight second-place finishes in Imola, Monaco, Canada, Spain and Austria. A third-place result for Norris at Silverstone two weeks ago was also the result of a misguided call from the team, so Sunday’s result was vindication for all of the near-misses.
Earlier in the race, both cars were comfortably out front, but the pit wall opted to bring Norris in for a final change of tires before Piastri, in order to make sure that the former stayed in front of Hamilton and any other would-be challengers. The result of the move launched Norris into the lead with about 20 laps to go, putting Piastri on the back foot, despite him maintaining a deserved lead for much of the race.
McLaren bears responsibility for the situation, making what had been a well-managed race into a tense one. Unfortunately, the ones left to deal with the fallout will be the drivers—a pair that needs to be unified if they hope to reel in Red Bull and win the constructors' championship.Stop if you’ve heard this before: Hamilton and Max Verstappen fight a hard battle on-track for multiple laps only to collide at a pivotal juncture of the race.
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