Overview

• Oscar Piastri heads into Belgium with an eight-point cushion in the drivers’ championship.
• Lando Norris won consecutive races at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone, closing the championship gap to single digits.
• Piastri’s 10-second penalty for erratic safety-car braking cost him the Silverstone win and triggered a rare public display of frustration.
• Alain Prost praised Piastri’s tactical guile and endorsed McLaren’s ‘let them race’ ethos so long as the team maintains a clear advantage over rivals.
• Johnny Herbert warned that both McLaren drivers must prioritise their own title bids, signalling that rising self-interest could strain team harmony.