McLaren made its strongest statement of the season on Sunday as Oscar Piastri claimed his first career win and teammate Lando Norris capped a 1–2 finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The victory wasn’t entirely without controversy, though, setting the table for a rather intriguing dynamic at the final race before the summer break: the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix.
Of course, McLaren isn’t the only team that has something to sort out ahead of the time off. Red Bull is dealing with an increasingly frustrated Max Verstappen and a consistently underperforming Sergio Pérez in recent weeks. Ferrari is lurking but has landed just one podium since Charles Leclerc’s win in Monaco exactly two months ago. The rest of the paddock is maneuvering a complicated drivers’ market with just a few pieces of the puzzle left to click into place on the 2025 grid.
