India, July 31 -- Oscar Piastri was flying during the Belgian Grand Prix practice, through the famed 7km long Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, topping the session with absolute ease. The young Australian kept his foot on the throttle in sprint qualifying to beat his McLaren teammate Lando Norris by a big margin of six-tenths of a second.

But come qualifying, Norris edged Piastri to take pole for the main race. On Sunday though, it was Piastri again who topped his teammate to take the race win and extend his championship lead to 16 points.

This has been the story of not just the last Grand Prix weekend but the entire topsy turvy season with the dominant hand shifting from one McLaren driver to the other.

By now - after 13 of 2...