Two can't keep going into one for McLaren. Or can it?

It’s easy to be friendly when you’re scrapping for eighth. It’s far harder when the fight is for the top step of the podium. At some point, something has to give

McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris cook pancakes in the paddock at Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary. File picture: Bradley Collyer/PA

Nine points separate Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in their duel for the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship, with 10 races to go.

What’s remarkable is that, after 14 rounds, the relationship between the two remains civil – at least by teammate standards.