Veteran Aussie broadcaster Gerard Whateley stated on Monday it's hard not to feel like Piastri has been 'nobbled' by his own team. And according to F1 expert Cameron van den Dungen, McLaren have made a "very clear" decision to switch to a car that better suits Norris.

Lando Norris is hitting form at the perfect moment. In the past five races he has outperformed his teammate, Oscar Piastri, in all of them and taken the championship lead – something that had looked improbable after he retired from the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August.

McLarens Lando Norris won by half a minute in Mexico as team-mate Oscar Piastri finished fifth on a difficult weekend for the now-former world title leader; Piastri opens up on changes he is having to

Norris says he isn’t surprised by the progress made by Red Bull in recent races and believes the team was “never that far off”

A virtual safety car at the end of the Mexican Grand Prix prompted a gleeful response from Charles Leclerc, who was under pressure from F1 champion Max Verstappen. Leclerc was involved in the chaotic start to the Mexican GP,