Overview
- Lando Norris moved into a one‑point championship lead over Oscar Piastri after winning in Mexico, with Max Verstappen 36 points off the top.
- Norris defended McLaren’s handling of its intra‑team fight and argued it has not harmed results, pointing to the team’s already‑secured constructors’ title.
- Team principal Andrea Stella said Piastri’s Mexico weekend yielded useful learnings that the team views as an investment for the final four rounds.
- McLaren has lifted earlier internal ‘repercussions’ on Norris and reset to a clean‑slate approach between its drivers heading into the run‑in.
- Pundits split on the dynamics: Martin Brundle links Piastri’s dip to his bruising Baku weekend, Ralf Schumacher dismisses favoritism claims, Otmar Szafnauer expects a McLaren champion, and Mika Hakkinen calls the team’s endgame a difficult scenario.