Lando Norris-Oscar Piastri Create History, Match Feat With Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost
McLaren's Norris and Piastri have bagged six 1-2 finishes this season, the most since 1988.
Star McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on Sunday, July 27, set the team's most 1-2 finishes in a season since 1988, with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost achieving it together 37 years ago. While Norris and Piastri have done it six times, they are still four 1-2 finishes away from matching Senna and Prost's feat.
Piastri bagged his sixth victory of the season, with great aplomb that makes him the favourite to defeat McLaren team-mate Norris to the drivers' title.
Triumphant McLaren team boss Andrea Stella, celebrating a sixth 1-2 this year, praised the move by the FIA to start the Belgian GP race late due to wet conditions.
#F1 #BelgianGP pic.twitter.com/aIrNAjBX9w — Formula 1 (@F1) July 28, 2025
'I think the race was managed in a very wise way by the FIA. We knew there was a lot of rain coming and I think at a circuit like this, if you make the calls late, it may be too late and the outcome could be difficult," Stella said.
Back in 1988, under British businessman Ron Dennis' leadership and with Honda's power, McLaren won 15 out of the 16 races with a whopping ten 1-2 finishes. Ferrari's Gerhard Berger won the Italian GP. Prost won seven races that season, while Senna won eight.
Piastri was disappointed with himself on Saturday, July 26, when he was defeated by title rival and McLaren team-mate Norris in qualifying for Sunday's race, but he turned the tables with a lap one passing move after a rolling start on a damp track.
The Belgium GP takes McLaren's all-time 1-2 tally to 55, placing them third behind Ferrari and Mercedes. They began with a 1-2 in China and followed it up in Miami, Spain, Australia, Britain and now Belgium.
The brilliant performance has led McLaren into a real championship charge. It was McLaren's first Belgian win since former British driver Jenson Button won from pole 13 years ago.
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