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On-track Incident Mars Team Celebration

The controversial moment that is likely to cause issues at McLaren came as Norris moved aggressively the inner line of Piastri after making a good start from fifth on the grid.

Norris was caught out by Verstappen slowing more than he expected in the apex of Turn Three.

Norris made contact with the Red Bull, damaging the McLaren's front wing endplate, and that bounced him side-on into Piastri, whose pace was disrupted, allowing Norris to gain position into P3.

Team Radio Show Growing Tension

Piastri said over the team communication: "That wasn't very team-like, but sure."

Moments later, he added: "Is it acceptable that Lando just pushing me out of the way?"

His engineer responded that the team were "looking at it", before following up to tell Piastri that they would take "no action" in the race because "Lando had to avoid Verstappen" and that they would "analyze it afterwards".

Title Race Impact

• Piastri's points advantage over Norris was cut to 22 points with half a dozen events remaining
• Verstappen has also gained ground and is sixty-three points behind of the lead
• McLaren secured their second consecutive team championship

Race Summary

George Russell dominated the race at the lead on his way to a commanding victory, very much in the style of his victory in Canada back in June.

Verstappen opted to start the race on softer compound rather than the medium compound on most other cars in the top 10, but the choice did not prove successful and Russell comfortably maintained the first position at the start before building a significant advantage.

"The track conditions were challenging, but it's racing. I took the inner line, had a minor adjustment but nothing more than that. It was good racing." - Lando Norris

Midfield Battle

Mercedes' newcomer Kimi Antonelli secured fifth place, overtaking Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on lap 54 as the Ferrari lost performance, and then defending against Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps.

Fernando Alonso delivered a strong performance to take P8 as the best midfield runner.

The Spanish driver and Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar fought a brief battle in the first three laps, Alonso passing Hadjar into the initial turn to take P8, before the driver from France got him back later in the lap, only for Alonso to retake the position on lap three.