McLaren has won the constructors championship for the second successive race, but these aren’t the victorious circumstances the team would have envisaged during the thick of what is one of the most dominant seasons by a constructor in Formula 1 history.

McLaren was a long way from pole and never threatened for victory. Lando Norris led the way home in third — enough to guarantee the title — but only after he’d barged past Oscar Piastri, who finished close behind in fourth.

Ironically McLaren’s crowning moment has come at what could be the first flashpoint of the title battle between its drivers.

Piastri had enjoyed a slender advantage over Norris all weekend, but it was the Briton who got the better start from fifth. He was immediately past Andrea Kimi Antonelli off the line to put hims

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