Stella, who has previously worked alongside world champions Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen during his time at Ferrari,

McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris continued their extraordinarily tight Formula 1 title battle at the Belgian Grand Prix with the Aussie edging out his team-mate at Spa

Charles Leclerc took home a respectable third place for Ferrari, with Max Verstappen largely powerless in fourth. Lewis Hamilton, who started in the pit-lane, recovered impressively to come home in seventh to conclude a wretched weekend for the seven-time world champion.

What makes this tough for McLaren is the context. Norris has been their guy since 2019. He stayed loyal when the car was barely fighting for points. He was patient when others — Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo — came and went. He’s also just 25. This was supposed to be his era.

McLaren boss Andrea Stella says teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are racing like champions and the Formula One title will probably be decided by fine margins and individual brilliance.

Oscar Piastri is not fancying his chances of holding off Max Verstappen's low downforce Red Bull at the start of F1's Belgian Grand Prix sprint

As Oscar Piastri races toward Formula 1 greatness, meet the woman who has been cheering him on since boarding school: Lily Zneimer.

Can Max Verstappen mount a challenge to McLaren in the Spa-Francorchamps race? He doubts it, and rain may do nothing to help