McLaren headed into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by calling on Oscar Piastri to support Lando Norris in the championship battle, but their roles reversed in the race. The team told Lando Norris to hold up Sergio Perez in a bid to prevent Oscar Piastri from being under cut in the pit stops, which worked and enabled the Australian to make the race-winning pass on Charles Leclerc for the lead. Piastri has scored the most points of any driver in the last seven races and won the same amount of Grands Prix as Norris this season, having improved his form in the races before the summer break. Despite bei…
