McLaren CEO Zak Brown is “not naive” and fully expects Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to have another incident before the championship fight is decided.

Having won the Constructors’ title last season, the Woking team is on course to wrap up the double this season, and bring home the 1-2 in the Drivers’ standings.

A ‘risk’ worth taking for McLaren…

McLaren has been in a league of its own this season as the Woking team races towards the championship double, which would be a first for the team since 1998.

The team looks set to do with a 1-2 in the Drivers’ standings , with Piastri heading into the annual summer break with a slender nine-point advantage over his team-mate.

The McLaren pairing pulled clear of third-placed Max Verstappen as they recorded a seventh 1-2 result of the F1 202

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