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Comment: Norris’s unfortunate retirement in Zandvoort is a game-changing moment in the McLaren intra-team title battle, with intriguing consequences for both the Brit and championship leader Oscar Piastri

The British driver has been locked in a head-to-head battle with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri throughout the season

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are in a title race on their own and, one year on from McLaren’s team order fiasco in Budapest, there is ‘very little’ between the two drivers

Norris lost the lead of the Belgian Grand Prix on the first racing lap with rival Oscar Piastri victorious

When the most insightful Formula 1 reporter in Spa is a former racing driver, it says a lot about the current state of an entire profession – or rather, how dire things have become in terms of critical journalism. Especially in a paddock increasingly flooded by a phenomenon called ‘influencer’.

Saturday’s sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps confirmed McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri’s claim that pole position at this circuit isn’t necessarily ideal. But there his chief battle on the opening lap was with receding title rival Max Verstappen.

Saturday’s sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps confirmed McLaren driver Oscar Piastri’s claim that pole position at this circuit isn’t necessarily ideal. But there his chief battle on the opening lap was with receding title rival Max Verstappen.

Lando Norris claimed a home race victory in the British Grand Prix, with a dash of luck. Yet it is Nico Hulkenberg who was crowned ‘driver of the day’ by the fans – and not just them, also the whole Formula 1 paddock.

Verstappen and Russell have a rocky history after a number of on-track incidents