NETHERLANDS:

After nearly a month off for the summer break, Formula One is back as fans, drivers, and teams descend on the seaside resort of Zandvoort for Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.

With 10 races to go, the world championship is finely poised as McLaren stars Oscar Piastri and battle it out with only nine points separating them.

AFP Sport takes a look at five talking points in the paddock ahead of the race.

Norris brilliantly won at Zandvoort last year and few would bet against the Briton or Australian teammate Piastri taking the chequered flag on Sunday, given McLaren's dominance this season.

The pair are free to race each other under the team's "papaya rules" -- named after McLaren's colours -- which boil down to "don't crash into each other", according to Piastri.

But that's exact

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